Re: Feature proposal: \x## notation in strings

[Ralph Hempel <rhempel@...>]

Enrico Colombini wrote:
> Eike Decker wrote:
> > A Lua function that converts strings in a more convenient way is
> > possible, but I think it would be nice if the compiler would support
> > this natively.
>
> Being a minimalist, I usually prefer extra features to be kept as 
> libraries.
> But for hex constants embedded in strings I'd make an exception: I think 
> they're just too useful (in many fields) to be left out of the core.

for i=1,10 do
  print("Me too")
end

Ralph