Merge pull request #430 from Soupstraw/patch-1

GHC-21231

Author: david-christiansen

message-index/messages/GHC-21231/escape-seq-oor/after/EscapeSeqOutOfRange.hs

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+module EscapeSeqOutOfRange where
+
+x :: Char
+x = '\1114111'

message-index/messages/GHC-21231/escape-seq-oor/before/EscapeSeqOutOfRange.hs

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+module EscapeSeqOutOfRange where
+
+x :: Char
+x = '\1114112'

message-index/messages/GHC-21231/escape-seq-oor/index.md

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+---
+title: "Typo: lower-case class name"
+---
+
+## Error Message
+
+```
+EscapeSeqOutOfRange.hs:4:13: error:
+    numeric escape sequence out of range at character '2'
+  |
+4 | x = '\1114112'
+  |             ^
+```
+## Explanation
+
+This example shows that a numeric escape sequence with a value higher than 
+`1114111` throws an error, but a number that is within range does not.

message-index/messages/GHC-21231/index.md

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+---
+title: Numeric escape sequence out of range
+summary: The numeric escape sequence represents a number that is too large
+introduced: 9.6.1
+severity: error
+---
+
+The escape sequence in the `Char` literal is too large of a number. The maximum value of a numeric literal is `\1114111`
+(or `\x10ffff` in hexadecimal and `\o4177777` in octal).