Re: Better string constants

okay, that's fine with me as long as r-parser goes in common-dylan.  We
still need """ though.

On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 10:58 PM, Bruce Mitchener <[email protected]
> wrote:

> It isn't a proposal that needs implementing. It works right now in every
> release since Open Dylan was open sourced. Go try it.
>
>  - Bruce
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Carl Gay <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Even if we implemented your proposal for parsers, I still think we need
>> better string literals.  At least """, but we could conceivably implement
>> #r as parse-r.  :-)
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 10:00 PM, Bruce Mitchener <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> define constant coil-parser = parse-coil;
>>>
>>> let c = #coil:[
>>>
>>>   A: {
>>>     a: 'a'
>>>     b: 'b'
>>>     c: 'c'
>>>   }
>>> ];
>>>
>>> Suspect that works right now in OpenDylan 2012.1.
>>>
>>>  - Bruce
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 9:55 AM, Carl Gay <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I really want better string constant syntax in Dylan.  Doing this sort
>>>> of thing...
>>>>
>>>>   parse-coil("A: {\n"
>>>>              "    a: 'a'\n"
>>>>              "    b: 'b'\n"
>>>>              "    c: 'c'\n"
>>>>              "}\n"
>>>>              ...
>>>> or
>>>>   "\"5\""
>>>>
>>>> is really tedious and error prone.  (Both of the above are from a test
>>>> suite.)
>>>>
>>>> We need two things:
>>>>   (1) raw string literals
>>>>   (2) multi-line strings
>>>>
>>>>  Briefly, my suggestions are:
>>>> * Use """ for multiline backslash-interpreted strings.
>>>> * Use ` (backquote) for one-line raw strings.
>>>> * Use ``` for multi-line raw strings.
>>>>
>>>> `"5"` == "\"5\""
>>>> `\d+\.` == "\\d+\\."
>>>> ```A: {
>>>>   a: 'a'
>>>>   b: 'b'
>>>>   c: 'c'
>>>> }``` == the string near the top of this message.
>>>>
>>>> While I think it may be possible to use `...` for multi-line raw
>>>> strings (as Go does) it bothers me that there's no way to embed a
>>>> backquote, and also I like having the symmetry of "..." / """...""" and
>>>> `...` / ```...```.
>>>>
>>>> Another possibility I like is #r"..." and #r"""...""" for raw strings.
>>>>
>>>> Thoughts/opinions?
>>>>
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