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* 'patch-4' of https://github.com/moshekaplan/bro:
  Clarified string documentation
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@ -150,18 +150,17 @@ Here is a more detailed description of each type:
.. bro:type:: string
A type used to hold character-string values which represent text, although
strings in a Bro script can actually contain any arbitrary binary data.
A type used to hold bytes which represent text and also can hold
arbitrary binary data.
String constants are created by enclosing text within a pair of double
quotes ("). A string constant cannot span multiple lines in a Bro script.
The backslash character (\\) introduces escape sequences. The
following escape sequences are recognized: ``\n``, ``\t``, ``\v``, ``\b``,
The backslash character (\\) introduces escape sequences. Bro recognizes
the following escape sequences: ``\\``, ``\n``, ``\t``, ``\v``, ``\b``,
``\r``, ``\f``, ``\a``, ``\ooo`` (where each 'o' is an octal digit),
``\xhh`` (where each 'h' is a hexadecimal digit). For escape sequences
that don't match any of these, Bro will just remove the backslash (so
to represent a literal backslash in a string constant, you just use
two consecutive backslashes).
``\xhh`` (where each 'h' is a hexadecimal digit). If Bro does not
recognize an escape sequence, Bro will ignore the backslash
("\\g" becomes "g").
Strings support concatenation (``+``), and assignment (``=``, ``+=``).
Strings also support the comparison operators (``==``, ``!=``, ``<``,