# HG changeset patch # User Eli Zaretskii # Date 1151132092 0 # Node ID d2eb037252dcbb97de04f5d943b6b47c45697deb # Parent 3a3db76e2458416c266fb07ace174791c16d75dd (Character Type): Document that Emacs signals an error for unsupported Unicode characters specified as \uNNNN. diff -r 3a3db76e2458 -r d2eb037252dc lispref/objects.texi --- a/lispref/objects.texi Sat Jun 24 06:49:16 2006 +0000 +++ b/lispref/objects.texi Sat Jun 24 06:54:52 2006 +0000 @@ -438,7 +438,8 @@ different syntax for specifying characters with code points above @code{#xFFFF}; @code{\U00@var{nnnnnn}} represents the character whose Unicode code point is @samp{U+@var{nnnnnn}}, if such a character -is supported by Emacs. +is supported by Emacs. If the corresponding character is not +supported, Emacs signals an error. This peculiar and inconvenient syntax was adopted for compatibility with other programming languages. Unlike some other languages, Emacs