[swift-evolution] [Review] SE-0168: Multi-Line String Literals

[Vladimir.S]

On 13.04.2017 15:41, Brent Royal-Gordon via swift-evolution wrote:
>> On Apr 13, 2017, at 5:35 AM, Ricardo Parada via swift-evolution 
>> <swift-evolution at swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution at swift.org>> wrote:
>>
>> Take a look at Brent's revised proposal.I personally thin it is perfect.  Take a look:
>>
>> https://github.com/johnno1962a/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0168-multi-line-string-literals.md
> 
> Well, um, looks like we got scooped. (I was playing with some non-essential wording 
> and trying to test all the examples before I pointed the list at the new version.)

FWIW Although I still believe that allowing text on the same line with opening or 
closing """ (except for the single-line case) is over-complicating of the model and 
adding unnecessary point of confusion, especially for the reader of code("will new 
line be inserted here?!well.. for this special case I have to check docs"..), I can 
give +1 for this updated proposal as it provides correct(from my point of view) 
behavior for "normal" multi-line string like

"""
line 1
line 2
"""

-> "line 1\nline 2\n"

> 
> Since requiring a leading backslash went over like a lead balloon, we've revised the 
> proposal one more time. The leading newline is now optional: If indentation stripping 
> is enabled, you can either start typing content on the same line as the delimiter, or 
> you can start on the next line. I resisted this solution for a while because it seems 
> ad-hoc, but ultimately it's the design that preserves the most formatting flexibility 
> for the user, so I think it's the right way to go.
> 
> Other than that, there are no changes to the design in this revision, though I've 
> rephrased a few things and added a section about why we strip a leading newline but 
> not a trailing one.
> 
> John has also built a new version of the toolchain which matches this behavior. 
> Download it here: http://johnholdsworth.com/swift-LOCAL-2017-04-13-a-osx.tar.gz
> 
> Thanks for your feedback!
> 
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> Brent Royal-Gordon
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