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[Json] ECMAScript v6 adds new escape sequence: \u{x…}

"Manger, James H" <James.H.Manger@team.telstra.com> Tue, 12 March 2013 05:11 UTC

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One change to JSON in ECMAScript v6 from RFC 4627 (and from ECMAScript v5) appears to be a new way of writing a Unicode escape.

In RFC 4627, a Unicode escape is \uxxxx (where x is a hex digit).
In an ECMAScript 6th edition draft (2012-11-22), a Unicode escape can be \uxxxx, or \u{x...}.
Hence, "\n" = "\u000A" = "\u{A}".

See UnicodeEscapeSequence at http://people.mozilla.org/~jorendorff/es6-draft.html#sec-7.8.4.

Maybe.

This ECMAScript edition 6 draft actually defines UnicodeEscapeSequence twice: once in section 7.8.4 with \uxxxx and \u{x...}; and also in Annex A.1 "Lexical Grammar" with only \uxxxx. My guess is that the former is right and the latter just hasn't been updated yet.

\u{x...} is nicer for Unicode code points over 0xFFFF, but I doubt it is worth introducing at this point.

Anyway, one more item for RFC4627bis to consider.

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James Manger

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