On Apr 18, 2019, at 5:43 AM, Jim Laskey <james.las...@oracle.com> wrote: > > What kills the concept is that ODI is not reproducible in a library method.
That also impacts the concept of using escapes to opt out, since the library method cannot see escapes, while the compiler can see them. I suggest the following rule: If the string contains quoted whitespace (especially \n and \040, maybe others), then the compiler does *not* call the library routine to strip leading spaces. Thus, visibly taking control of at least one element of whitespace in the body of the string constitutes an opt-out from any edits to the remaining whitespace. Thus, *if* javac hands the string to the library method, we already know that the library method won't be meddling with escaped spaces or newlines.
