Hi Jon, Is any relevant material (discussion/prototype etc.) available to the public or are you not there yet?
- Nir On Sat, Jan 19, 2019 at 12:37 AM Jonathan Gibbons < jonathan.gibb...@oracle.com> wrote: > Nir, > > There are some fundamental reasons why it is not possible to all of what > you suggest in the way you suggest (i.e. using raw string literals) For > the most obvious example, albeit a bit of an obscure case, would be a > raw string literal containing a /*...*/ comment. Similar problems apply > to the appearance of `@` which already has an existing meaning in > documentation comments. > > That being said, we are already investigating better ways to include > code samples and snippets in documentation comments, perhaps by being > able to insert code from a "nearby" source file, which would have the > advantage that (separately) the source file could itself be compiled to > ensure that it is syntactically correct. > > -- Jon > > > On 01/18/2019 02:08 PM, Nir Lisker wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I sent am email to amber-dev about the possibility of using Raw String > > Literals in JavaDoc [1]. I was sent here and told there was some > > discussion in this area. Would what I describe in [1] be possible in > > some form? > > > > Thanks, > > Nir > > > > [1] > > > https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/amber-dev/2019-January/003906.html > >