[fpc-devel] Some thoughts on multi-line string support, and a possible syntax that I think is perfectly clean and Pascal-ish.

[Sven Barth]

Am 04.07.2019 um 00:08 schrieb Ben Grasset:
> On Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 5:48 PM Sven Barth via fpc-devel 
> <fpc-devel at lists.freepascal.org 
> <mailto:fpc-devel at lists.freepascal.org>> wrote:
>
>     I'm with Michael here: I see no *need* for a separate syntax for a
>     multi line string.
>
>
>  I don't really think the suggested backtick way is different enough 
> from anything that exists to be considered a "separate syntax", 
> though. It's the exact same thing, with a one-character difference at 
> the opening and close of the string.
As far as the compiler is concerned it definitely *is* a separate 
syntax. It's a completely new token that didn't exist before with new 
code inside the parser. Don't try to sugarcoat it because the difference 
between an apostrophe and a backtick is optically that small.

Regards,
Sven
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