[swift-evolution] multi-line string literals.

[Ricardo Parada]

How is that better than this?

template = "This is the first line.\n" +
            "This is the second line.\n" +
            "This is the third line."

> On Apr 3, 2017, at 10:42 AM, Ricardo Parada via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
> 
> It look prettier without the \n
> 
> It's not laziness.
> 
> I want my code to look pretty.
> 
> 
>> On Apr 3, 2017, at 10:40 AM, Adrian Zubarev <adrian.zubarev at devandartist.com <mailto:adrian.zubarev at devandartist.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> What I was trying to say is that by automatically adding a new line character does not provide any benefit except of being lazy to type \n.
>> 
>> // In your model this would be equivalent
>> let s1 = "\n\n\n"
>> let s2 = """
>>     " // However in my model this is an empty string and should be banned
>>     "
>>     """ // That's also an empty string, but it that case it indicates the end of the multi lined string
>> I dislike the tradeoff of precision for laziness.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Adrian Zubarev
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>> Am 3. April 2017 um 16:29:44, Ricardo Parada (rparada at mac.com <mailto:rparada at mac.com>) schrieb:
>> 
>>> By the way, the multi-line string should allow \n\n, or as many as you may want to throw in there.  I don't see a problem with that.
>>> 
>> 
>> 
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