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

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Thu, 4 Jul 2019, Tomas Hajny wrote:

> On 2019-07-04 12:59, Marģers . via fpc-devel wrote:
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>> Why introduce ` if there already is ' ? Just use '
>> as well for multi line strings. For people of more
>> conservative view point, put multilinestring
>> behind mode switch.
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> Because then it's never clear whether the fact that there's no ending 
> quote before the end of the line is an omission, or an intention.

Exactly. 
The same goes for all other quote characters. 
That's why the directive is a better approach; it is unambigious.

Michael.