Re: Better string constants

On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Alfredo Beaumont <
[email protected]> wrote:

> I don't see any reason not to allow multiline strings with the actual
> syntax:
>
> "
> A: {
>        a: 'a'
>        b: 'b'
>        c: 'c'
> }
> "
>

Will the compiler always be able to give good warnings for unterminated
strings?  I don't see how.   If not, I'd prefer to have the common case
stay as it is and add new syntax for the less common cases of multi-line
and raw strings.


>
> An alternative syntax could be provided to avoid abusing escaping:
>
> """
> A: {
>        a: "a"
>        b: "b"
>        c: "c"
> }
> """
>
> If coil works as shown by bruce i don't even think the alternative
> syntax is too important.
> I also don't think a raw syntax is worth a new syntax.
>

I'm confused.  It looks like you're suggesting that """ would be used for
raw strings.

On a separate issue, I wonder if it's necessary to specify the EOL sequence
in multi-line strings.  (Python doesn't seem to specify, but sort of
assumes just \n.)  That is, on Windows, will

"""A
B"""

be the same as "A\nB" or "A\r\nB" ?

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