From 3e32865d2c56b9f5048f6f2e5a8236a2bb4e26d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?utf8?q?Mattias=20Engdeg=C3=A5rd?= Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 16:03:41 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] * etc/NEWS: Mention that \x without hex digits is an error. --- etc/NEWS | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index ffce2baf2d0..2a87bf08406 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -278,6 +278,12 @@ their customization options. * Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 30.1 +--- +** The escape sequence \x not followed by hex digits is now an error. +Previously, \x without at least one hex digit denoted character code +zero (NUL) but as this was neither intended nor documented or even +known by anyone, it is now treated as an error by the Lisp reader. + ** User option 'tramp-completion-reread-directory-timeout' has been removed. This user option has been obsoleted in Emacs 27, use 'remote-file-name-inhibit-cache' instead. -- 2.39.5