From: Andy Wingo <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [r6rs-discuss] strange escape sequence in string literals
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 21:29:18 +0100

> I wonder though, what is the purpose of allowing intraline whitespace
> before the line ending?

I don't remember if there was any discussion, but I imagine
that it might be an annoyance if accidental whitespace between
the backslash and the line ending changes the meaning.
(I was bitten with it in dreadful C macro definitions...)

--shiro

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