Sorry to be pedantic here, but: ```js "this\ right\ here" ```
aren't escaped newlines; that would be "\n". Those up there are line continuations. :) On Friday, December 15, 2017 2:48:00 PM CET Isiah Meadows wrote: > There are ES5 newline escapes. However, it'd be nice if I didn't have > to resort to templates just for multiline strings. Note: it wouldn't > actually simplify parsing by much - either you're handling the case > and remapping CR/CRLF to NL, or you're handling the case and throwing > an error. > > ```js > // ES5 escaped newlines > 'a multi-\ > line string' > ``` > ----- > > Isiah Meadows > [email protected] > > Looking for web consulting? Or a new website? > Send me an email and we can get started. > www.isiahmeadows.com > > On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 8:43 AM, J Decker <[email protected]> wrote: > > If any string were allowed to be multi-line it would not break any > > existing > > code, and it would simplify parsing strings. > > > > 'a multi- > > line string' > > > > Maybe this is a question... why not allow line spanning with single and > > double quoted strings? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > es-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss > > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
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