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I personally would define "escaping" in software development in general and coding in particular as follows: Making an exception to match data which otherwise would not be allowed to be matched: I...
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2020-10-20T16:49:19Z (about 4 years ago)
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- I personally would define "escaping" in software development in general and coding in particular as follows:
- > Making an exception to match data which otherwise would not be allowed to be matched:
- >
- >If a program is generally not allowed to match some character/s, such as single and/or double quotes than we make an exception by "escaping" such character/s to be matched (as well as data they wrap, if there is any).
- My problem is that I am not sure if this definition is broad enough to cover all possible "escaping" scenarios.
What is a standard definition (or a CS theory based formal definition) for escaping (if there is one and it's not mere abstraction)?
- I personally would define "escaping" in software development in general and coding in particular as follows:
- > Making an exception to match data which otherwise would not be allowed to be matched:
- >
- >If a program is generally not allowed to match some character/s, such as single and/or double quotes than we make an exception by "escaping" such character/s to be matched (as well as data they wrap, if there is any).
- My problem is that I am not sure if this definition is broad enough to cover all possible "escaping" scenarios.
- What is a standard definition (or a CS theory based formal definition) for escaping (if there is one and it's not mere abstraction)?
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I personally would define the "escaping" concept in software development in general and coding in particular as follows:- > Making an exception to match data which otherwise would not be allowed to be matched:
- >
- >If a program is generally not allowed to match some character/s, such as single and/or double quotes than we make an exception by "escaping" such character/s to be matched (as well as data they wrap, if there is any).
My problem is that I am not sure if this definition is broad enough to cover all possible "escaping" scenarios or at all correct.- What is a standard definition (or a CS theory based formal definition) for escaping (if there is one and it's not mere abstraction)?
- I personally would define "escaping" in software development in general and coding in particular as follows:
- > Making an exception to match data which otherwise would not be allowed to be matched:
- >
- >If a program is generally not allowed to match some character/s, such as single and/or double quotes than we make an exception by "escaping" such character/s to be matched (as well as data they wrap, if there is any).
- My problem is that I am not sure if this definition is broad enough to cover all possible "escaping" scenarios.
- What is a standard definition (or a CS theory based formal definition) for escaping (if there is one and it's not mere abstraction)?
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What is a standard definition (or a CS theory based formal definition) for Escaping?
I personally would define the "escaping" concept in software development in general and coding in particular as follows: > Making an exception to match data which otherwise would not be allowed to be matched: > >If a program is generally not allowed to match some character/s, such as single and/or double quotes than we make an exception by "escaping" such character/s to be matched (as well as data they wrap, if there is any). My problem is that I am not sure if this definition is broad enough to cover all possible "escaping" scenarios or at all correct. What is a standard definition (or a CS theory based formal definition) for escaping (if there is one and it's not mere abstraction)?