I personally put long strings in their own global variable/function while
spaced as they should with ++ (the compiler certainly should optimize
'that'), so the above would be for me:
```elm
story_johnOliver_desc =
"Far, far away in a land called teevee, there " ++
"lived a wise man whose laugh you could see."
# elsewhere
|> Dict.insert 2
(Story
"John Oliver"
story_johnOliver_desc
)
```
Though to be honest I only use `++` on quite long strings, the above form
I'd still do as a single line, but still in its own call.
On Sunday, September 25, 2016 at 3:14:52 PM UTC-6, Duane Johnson wrote:
>
> I'm curious if there are other options for making long inline strings look
> good in Elm:
>
> 1. Use double quotes and (++) to concatenate. Cons: adds runtime
> operation; must add parens around the string block if it's an argument,
> e.g. the following does not compile
>
> ```elm
> |> Dict.insert 2
> (Story
> "John Oliver"
> "Far, far away in a land called teevee, there " ++
> "lived a wise man whose laugh you could see."
> )
> ```
>
> To compile, it must become:
>
> ```elm
> |> Dict.insert 2
> (Story
> "John Oliver"
> ("Far, far away in a land called teevee, there "
> ++ "lived a wise man whose laugh you could see."
> )
> )
> ```
>
> 2. Use triple-double quotes. Cons: includes whitespace, and in combination
> with elm-format, whitespace is not within control:
>
> ```elm
> |> Dict.insert 2
> (Story
> "John Oliver"
> """Far, far away in a land called teevee, there
> lived a wise man whose laugh you could see."""
> )
> ```
>
> The second string becomes "Far, far away in a land called teevee, there
> lived a wise man whose laugh you could see." (Note extra
> spaces between "there" and "lived").
>
> 3. Put strings on one big line. Cons: not pretty, hard to see in a text
> editor without line wrapping.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Duane
>
>
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