Re: [\n]

>Syntax errors occur with [\n]:

I think this is expected: if you want \n as an element of the list, it
should be enclosed in quotes (atom) or double quotes (string) ('\n' or
"\n"). 

If what you want is [], then this is an atom and can't be seperated by a \n.
If all you want is a newline, then the next token should be a list element,
not ], hence the unexpected token error.

Cheers,

Kish