>>>>> "Chris" == Chris Riddoch <socket at peakpeak.com> writes:
Chris> "Can\\'t" gives me "Can\\'t", as I really *didn't* expect.
You're being confused by the lisp printer.
I tried this in *scratch*:
(length "can\\'t")
6
The lisp printer will print a string in its quoted form. So the
string consisting of a single backslash will be printed as:
"\\"
Tom