Mode Definitions: Escaping literal delimiters without using "\"

J Leslie Turriff <[email protected]> Thu, 23 Feb 2023 18:24:17 -0600

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Hello,
	How would I code the rule for a literal that uses, instead of a backslash, a doubled
string delimiter to escape it when embedded in a string?  E.g.
| 'This string doesn''t end before this last quote.'

	This notation is used by several languages, e.g. FORTRAN, COBOL, PL/I, Rexx.

Leslie
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