Peter Knaggs < XXXX@XXXXX.COM > writes: "Although" sounds as if there would be a conflict, but there isn't. In C it is. However, the proposal does not specify octal notation for characters, so in Forth it would not be. We still might want to support \0 without supporting octal notation, for the reasons given above. Not really. In particular, it has not lead to such consequences in C, it conflicts with octal notation in C, and we (and C) already have \x<h><h> for hex. In that case I suggest adding a reference to 3.2.1.2. In that case we would change it in 3.2.1.2. - anton -- M. Anton Ertl http://www.**--****.com/ comp.lang.forth FAQs: http://www.**--****.com/ New standard: http://www.**--****.com/ EuroForth 2007: http://www.**--****.com/