D has a very nice feature of token strings:
string a = q{
looksLikeCode();
};
It is useful in writing mixins and to have syntax highlighting in
editors. Although I like it, it is not something I ever felt like
missing in other languages. What I do always miss are these two
options:
1. Have something like this:
string a = |q{
firstLine();
if (cond) {
secondLine()
}
};
mean count the number of whitespace characters at the start of a
first new line of string literal and then strip up to that many
whitespace characters from the start of each line.
2. If we just put for example "-" instead of "|" in above example
have that mean: replace all whitespace with a single space in
following string literal.
I think it is clear why would these be useful but if you want me
I can add a few examples. This would not make any breaking
changes to the language and it should be possible to simply
implement it wholly in the lexer.
So what do think?
