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On 9/12/2011 2:31 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

> On 9/12/2011 5:08 PM, Roedy Green wrote:
>> \u is treated in rather flat footed way, as if by a preprocessor.

> It is treated per spec.


Actually I agree with Roedy on this one.  Per spec or not, it's a dumb 
idea.  I think it should go away, frankly.


> And I would not use the term preprocessor - it is Java not C.


I've always heard this part of the Java compiler described as a 
preprocessor.  Is there some other documentation that refers to it 
differently?