> On Apr 28, 2016, at 4:52 PM, Brent Royal-Gordon via swift-evolution > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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>"_
Other than the underscores (I'm not sold on them but I could live with them), this is my favorite approach: * It supports indented left-hand alignment, which is an important to me for readability * It avoids painful `\n"+` RHS constructions * It's easy to scan and understand * It's simple and harmonious -- E _______________________________________________ swift-evolution mailing list [email protected] https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution
