paolo di tommaso created GROOVY-8564:
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Summary: Added support for Java like raw string literals
Key: GROOVY-8564
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GROOVY-8564
Project: Groovy
Issue Type: Bug
Affects Versions: 3.0.0-alpha-3
Reporter: paolo di tommaso
Upcoming version of Java will include a new syntax for raw string literals
using back tick character as string delimiter. For example:
{noformat}
String s = `Doesn't have a \n newline character in it`;
String ss = `a multi-
line-string`;
String sss = ``a string with a single tick (`) character in it``;
String ssss = `a string with two ticks (``) in it`;
String sssss = `````a string literal with gratuitously many ticks
in its delimiter`````;{noformat}
You can read more in [this
thread|http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/amber-spec-experts/2018-March/000446.html]
and the [official proposal page|http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/326].
The main difference compared to the Groovy multi-line string literals is that
raw string literals do not require to escape special characters, such as `\`,
`\n`, etc. The string is assigned to the variable exactly how is typed. This
makes it very useful for groovy based DSL.
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