> Did you ever really use multiline string literals before?
Yes. I used Perl in the CGI script era. Believe me, I have used every quoting
syntax it supports extensively, including `'` strings, `"` strings, `q`
strings, `qq` strings, and heredocs. This proposal is educated by knowledge of
their foibles.
As outlined in the "Future directions for string literals in general" section,
I believe alternate delimiters (so you can embed quotes) are a separate feature
and should be handled in a separate proposal. Once both features are available,
they can be combined. For instance, using the `_"foo"_` syntax I sketch there
for alternate delimiters, you could say:
let xml = _"<?xml version="1.0"?>
"<catalog>
" <book id="bk101" empty="">
" <author>\(author)</author>
" </book>
"</catalog>"_
Basically, I am trying very, *very* hard not to let this proposal turn into
"here's a huge pile of random string literal features which will become a giant
catfight if we debate them all at once". Clearly this message is not getting
through, but I'm not sure how I should edit the proposal to make it clear
enough.
--
Brent Royal-Gordon
Architechies
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