<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi swift-evolution,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Adrian Zubarev and I have discussed several issues with string literals still unresolved after the multi-line string literals proposals and we believe that they are important enough to address for Swift 4. Here is the pitch for our proposal.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please let us know what you think:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://github.com/hartbit/swift-evolution/blob/literal-string-improvements/proposals/XXXX-improve-string-literals.md" class="">https://github.com/hartbit/swift-evolution/blob/literal-string-improvements/proposals/XXXX-improve-string-literals.md</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.25; padding-bottom: 0.3em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(234, 236, 239); color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0px !important;" class="">Improve String Literals</h1><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 2em; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Proposal: <a href="https://github.com/hartbit/swift-evolution/blob/literal-string-improvements/proposals/XXXX-improve-string-literals.md" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; color: rgb(3, 102, 214); text-decoration: none;" class="">SE-XXXX</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0.25em;" class="">Authors: <a href="https://github.com/hartbit" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; color: rgb(3, 102, 214); text-decoration: none;" class="">David Hart</a>, <a href="https://github.com/devandartist" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; color: rgb(3, 102, 214); text-decoration: none;" class="">Adrian Zubarev</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0.25em;" class="">Review Manager: TBD</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0.25em;" class="">Status: TBD</li></ul><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 24px; margin-bottom: 16px; line-height: 1.25; padding-bottom: 0.3em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(234, 236, 239); color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><a id="user-content-introduction" class="anchor" href="https://github.com/hartbit/swift-evolution/blob/literal-string-improvements/proposals/XXXX-improve-string-literals.md#introduction" aria-hidden="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; color: rgb(3, 102, 214); text-decoration: none; float: left; padding-right: 4px; margin-left: -20px; line-height: 1;"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="octicon octicon-link" height="16" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 16 16" width="16"><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M4 9h1v1H4c-1.5 0-3-1.69-3-3.5S2.55 3 4 3h4c1.45 0 3 1.69 3 3.5 0 1.41-.91 2.72-2 3.25V8.59c.58-.45 1-1.27 1-2.09C10 5.22 8.98 4 8 4H4c-.98 0-2 1.22-2 2.5S3 9 4 9zm9-3h-1v1h1c1 0 2 1.22 2 2.5S13.98 12 13 12H9c-.98 0-2-1.22-2-2.5 0-.83.42-1.64 1-2.09V6.25c-1.09.53-2 1.84-2 3.25C6 11.31 7.55 13 9 13h4c1.45 0 3-1.69 3-3.5S14.5 6 13 6z"></path></svg></a>Introduction</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">This proposal builds on top the new features of <a href="https://github.com/hartbit/swift-evolution/blob/literal-string-improvements/proposals/0168-multi-line-string-literals.md" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; color: rgb(3, 102, 214); text-decoration: none;" class="">SE-0168 Multi-Line String Literals</a> by widening the use-cases for unescaped double-quotes and resolving certain issues around long lines in single and multi-line string literals.</p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 24px; margin-bottom: 16px; line-height: 1.25; padding-bottom: 0.3em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(234, 236, 239); color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><a id="user-content-motivation" class="anchor" href="https://github.com/hartbit/swift-evolution/blob/literal-string-improvements/proposals/XXXX-improve-string-literals.md#motivation" aria-hidden="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; color: rgb(3, 102, 214); text-decoration: none; float: left; padding-right: 4px; margin-left: -20px; line-height: 1;"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="octicon octicon-link" height="16" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 16 16" width="16"><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M4 9h1v1H4c-1.5 0-3-1.69-3-3.5S2.55 3 4 3h4c1.45 0 3 1.69 3 3.5 0 1.41-.91 2.72-2 3.25V8.59c.58-.45 1-1.27 1-2.09C10 5.22 8.98 4 8 4H4c-.98 0-2 1.22-2 2.5S3 9 4 9zm9-3h-1v1h1c1 0 2 1.22 2 2.5S13.98 12 13 12H9c-.98 0-2-1.22-2-2.5 0-.83.42-1.64 1-2.09V6.25c-1.09.53-2 1.84-2 3.25C6 11.31 7.55 13 9 13h4c1.45 0 3-1.69 3-3.5S14.5 6 13 6z"></path></svg></a>Motivation</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">In Swift 3, String literals have three pain points:</p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 2em; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Strings containing double-quotes</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0.25em;" class="">Multi-line strings</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0.25em;" class="">Long single-line strings</li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Proposal <a href="https://github.com/hartbit/swift-evolution/blob/literal-string-improvements/proposals/0168-multi-line-string-literals.md" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; color: rgb(3, 102, 214); text-decoration: none;" class="">SE-0168</a> fixed the two first problems with the same syntax. Unfortunately, while an improvement on Swift 3, several problems remain:</p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 2em; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Long single-line strings still require the less than ideal concatenation syntax:</li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Some project styles (like the Standard Library) mandate a maximum line length, requiring long single-line strings to be hard-wrapped. This still requires odd solutions:</p><div class="highlight highlight-source-swift" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><pre style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SFMono-Regular, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.45; word-wrap: normal; padding: 16px; overflow: auto; background-color: rgb(246, 248, 250); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; word-break: normal;" class=""><span class="pl-c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 134, 179);">assert</span>(condition, <span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span>This is a long assertion message that requires <span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span></span> <span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">+</span>
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<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"> { <span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span></span>success<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span>: false, <span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span></span>error<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span>: <span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span></span>Wrong parameter<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span> }<span class="pl-ii" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(248, 248, 248); background-color: rgb(181, 42, 29);"></span></span>
<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"> <span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span></span>)</pre></div><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 24px; margin-bottom: 16px; line-height: 1.25; padding-bottom: 0.3em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(234, 236, 239); color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><a id="user-content-proposed-solution" class="anchor" href="https://github.com/hartbit/swift-evolution/blob/literal-string-improvements/proposals/XXXX-improve-string-literals.md#proposed-solution" aria-hidden="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; color: rgb(3, 102, 214); text-decoration: none; float: left; padding-right: 4px; margin-left: -20px; line-height: 1;"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="octicon octicon-link" height="16" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 16 16" width="16"><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M4 9h1v1H4c-1.5 0-3-1.69-3-3.5S2.55 3 4 3h4c1.45 0 3 1.69 3 3.5 0 1.41-.91 2.72-2 3.25V8.59c.58-.45 1-1.27 1-2.09C10 5.22 8.98 4 8 4H4c-.98 0-2 1.22-2 2.5S3 9 4 9zm9-3h-1v1h1c1 0 2 1.22 2 2.5S13.98 12 13 12H9c-.98 0-2-1.22-2-2.5 0-.83.42-1.64 1-2.09V6.25c-1.09.53-2 1.84-2 3.25C6 11.31 7.55 13 9 13h4c1.45 0 3-1.69 3-3.5S14.5 6 13 6z"></path></svg></a>Proposed solution</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">By implementing multi-line string literals and support for unescaped double-quotes with the same syntax, <a href="https://github.com/hartbit/swift-evolution/blob/literal-string-improvements/proposals/0168-multi-line-string-literals.md" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; color: rgb(3, 102, 214); text-decoration: none;" class="">SE-0168</a> has made those features unusable on their own. By dissociating them and supporting two extra syntax features, we can solve all the above problems:</p><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 24px; margin-bottom: 16px; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.25; color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><a id="user-content-divorce-the--delimiter-from-the-multi-line-syntax-and-have-them-only-support-unescaped-double-quotes" class="anchor" href="https://github.com/hartbit/swift-evolution/blob/literal-string-improvements/proposals/XXXX-improve-string-literals.md#divorce-the--delimiter-from-the-multi-line-syntax-and-have-them-only-support-unescaped-double-quotes" aria-hidden="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; color: rgb(3, 102, 214); text-decoration: none; float: left; padding-right: 4px; margin-left: -20px; line-height: 1;"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="octicon octicon-link" height="16" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 16 16" width="16"><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M4 9h1v1H4c-1.5 0-3-1.69-3-3.5S2.55 3 4 3h4c1.45 0 3 1.69 3 3.5 0 1.41-.91 2.72-2 3.25V8.59c.58-.45 1-1.27 1-2.09C10 5.22 8.98 4 8 4H4c-.98 0-2 1.22-2 2.5S3 9 4 9zm9-3h-1v1h1c1 0 2 1.22 2 2.5S13.98 12 13 12H9c-.98 0-2-1.22-2-2.5 0-.83.42-1.64 1-2.09V6.25c-1.09.53-2 1.84-2 3.25C6 11.31 7.55 13 9 13h4c1.45 0 3-1.69 3-3.5S14.5 6 13 6z"></path></svg></a>Divorce the <code style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SFMono-Regular, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: inherit; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(27, 31, 35, 0.0470588); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;" class="">"""</code> delimiter from the multi-line syntax and have them only support unescaped double-quotes</h3><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">The change allows us to express short strings containing double-quotes without resorting to the multi-line syntax:</p><div class="highlight highlight-source-swift" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><pre style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SFMono-Regular, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.45; word-wrap: normal; padding: 16px; overflow: auto; background-color: rgb(246, 248, 250); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; word-break: normal;" class=""><span class="pl-c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 134, 179);">print</span>(<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span>{ <span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span></span>success<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span>: false, <span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span></span>error<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span>: <span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span></span>Wrong parameter<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span> }<span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span></span>)</pre></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">As a consequence, multi-line strings are now only defined by a newline following the leading delimiter and the whitespace preceeding the trailing delimiter. They gain support for <code style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SFMono-Regular, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(27, 31, 35, 0.0470588); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;" class="">"</code> delimiters, which has the nice advantage of saving a few characters in multi-line strings which are known to never contain double-quotes:</p><div class="highlight highlight-source-swift" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><pre style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SFMono-Regular, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.45; word-wrap: normal; padding: 16px; overflow: auto; background-color: rgb(246, 248, 250); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; word-break: normal;" class=""><span class="pl-c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 134, 179);">print</span>(<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-ii" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(248, 248, 248); background-color: rgb(181, 42, 29);"></span></span>
<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"> Triple <span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span></span> are still valid delimiters
<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span>)<span class="pl-ii" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(248, 248, 248); background-color: rgb(181, 42, 29);"></span></span>
<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"><span class="pl-ii" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(248, 248, 248); background-color: rgb(181, 42, 29);"></span></span>
<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);">query(<span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span></span>
SELECT 'name'
FROM 'people'
WHERE age <span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">></span> <span class="pl-c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 134, 179);">20</span>
<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span>)<span class="pl-ii" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(248, 248, 248); background-color: rgb(181, 42, 29);"></span></span></pre></div><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 24px; margin-bottom: 16px; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.25; color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><a id="user-content-support-escaping-newlines-in-multi-line-strings-with-a-trailing-" class="anchor" href="https://github.com/hartbit/swift-evolution/blob/literal-string-improvements/proposals/XXXX-improve-string-literals.md#support-escaping-newlines-in-multi-line-strings-with-a-trailing-" aria-hidden="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; color: rgb(3, 102, 214); text-decoration: none; float: left; padding-right: 4px; margin-left: -20px; line-height: 1;"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="octicon octicon-link" height="16" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 16 16" width="16"><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M4 9h1v1H4c-1.5 0-3-1.69-3-3.5S2.55 3 4 3h4c1.45 0 3 1.69 3 3.5 0 1.41-.91 2.72-2 3.25V8.59c.58-.45 1-1.27 1-2.09C10 5.22 8.98 4 8 4H4c-.98 0-2 1.22-2 2.5S3 9 4 9zm9-3h-1v1h1c1 0 2 1.22 2 2.5S13.98 12 13 12H9c-.98 0-2-1.22-2-2.5 0-.83.42-1.64 1-2.09V6.25c-1.09.53-2 1.84-2 3.25C6 11.31 7.55 13 9 13h4c1.45 0 3-1.69 3-3.5S14.5 6 13 6z"></path></svg></a>Support escaping newlines in multi-line strings with a trailing <code style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SFMono-Regular, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: inherit; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(27, 31, 35, 0.0470588); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;" class="">\</code></h3><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">This change allows hard-wrapping long lines in multi-line strings. They also have the added benefit of making trailing white-space at the end of source-code lines explicit.</p><div class="highlight highlight-source-swift" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><pre style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SFMono-Regular, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.45; word-wrap: normal; padding: 16px; overflow: auto; background-color: rgb(246, 248, 250); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; word-break: normal;" class=""><span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">let</span> markdown <span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">=</span> <span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-ii" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(248, 248, 248); background-color: rgb(181, 42, 29);"></span></span>
<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"> # Title<span class="pl-ii" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(248, 248, 248); background-color: rgb(181, 42, 29);"></span></span>
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<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer \<span class="pl-ii" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(248, 248, 248); background-color: rgb(181, 42, 29);"></span></span>
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<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"> felis. Integer aliquam id risus nec laoreet. Vivamus vitae odio sit amet \<span class="pl-ii" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(248, 248, 248); background-color: rgb(181, 42, 29);"></span></span>
<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"> quam iaculis fermentum nec sed neque.<span class="pl-ii" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(248, 248, 248); background-color: rgb(181, 42, 29);"></span></span>
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<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"> ## Subtitle<span class="pl-ii" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(248, 248, 248); background-color: rgb(181, 42, 29);"></span></span>
<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"><span class="pl-ii" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(248, 248, 248); background-color: rgb(181, 42, 29);"></span></span>
<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"> Cras et nibh velit. Praesent eleifend sagittis quam, pellentesque \<span class="pl-ii" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(248, 248, 248); background-color: rgb(181, 42, 29);"></span></span>
<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"> lobortis lectus commodo vel. Vivamus suscipit, nulla quis blandit \<span class="pl-ii" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(248, 248, 248); background-color: rgb(181, 42, 29);"></span></span>
<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"> ullamcorper, velit neque euismod nibh, nec blandit mi diam molestie \<span class="pl-ii" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(248, 248, 248); background-color: rgb(181, 42, 29);"></span></span>
<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"> ex. Cras porttitor, est sed pharetra interdum, ipsum mauris viverra \<span class="pl-ii" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(248, 248, 248); background-color: rgb(181, 42, 29);"></span></span>
<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"> quam, sit amet eleifend purus elit sit amet odio.<span class="pl-ii" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(248, 248, 248); background-color: rgb(181, 42, 29);"></span></span>
<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"> <span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span></span></pre></div><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 24px; margin-bottom: 16px; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.25; color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><a id="user-content-adopt-the-cobjective-c-syntax-that-concatenates-single-line-strings" class="anchor" href="https://github.com/hartbit/swift-evolution/blob/literal-string-improvements/proposals/XXXX-improve-string-literals.md#adopt-the-cobjective-c-syntax-that-concatenates-single-line-strings" aria-hidden="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; color: rgb(3, 102, 214); text-decoration: none; float: left; padding-right: 4px; margin-left: -20px; line-height: 1;"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="octicon octicon-link" height="16" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 16 16" width="16"><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M4 9h1v1H4c-1.5 0-3-1.69-3-3.5S2.55 3 4 3h4c1.45 0 3 1.69 3 3.5 0 1.41-.91 2.72-2 3.25V8.59c.58-.45 1-1.27 1-2.09C10 5.22 8.98 4 8 4H4c-.98 0-2 1.22-2 2.5S3 9 4 9zm9-3h-1v1h1c1 0 2 1.22 2 2.5S13.98 12 13 12H9c-.98 0-2-1.22-2-2.5 0-.83.42-1.64 1-2.09V6.25c-1.09.53-2 1.84-2 3.25C6 11.31 7.55 13 9 13h4c1.45 0 3-1.69 3-3.5S14.5 6 13 6z"></path></svg></a>Adopt the C/Objective-C syntax that concatenates single-line strings</h3><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">This change will be familiar to C developers and provides a cleaner and more performant solution for long single-line strings:</p><div class="highlight highlight-source-swift" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><pre style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SFMono-Regular, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.45; word-wrap: normal; padding: 16px; overflow: auto; background-color: rgb(246, 248, 250); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; word-break: normal;" class=""><span class="pl-c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 134, 179);">assert</span>(condition, <span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span>This is a long assertion message that flows <span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span></span>
<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span>from one line to the next without requiring the concatenation <span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span></span>
<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span>operator<span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span></span>)
<span class="pl-c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 134, 179);">assert</span>(condition, <span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span>This is another <span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span></span>single<span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">-</span>line<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span> message that <span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span></span>
<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span>supports up to two double-quotes (<span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span></span> and <span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span></span>) without any <span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-ii" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(248, 248, 248); background-color: rgb(181, 42, 29);"></span></span>
<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"> <span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span></span>escaping<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span>)<span class="pl-ii" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(248, 248, 248); background-color: rgb(181, 42, 29);"></span></span></pre></div><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 24px; margin-bottom: 16px; line-height: 1.25; padding-bottom: 0.3em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(234, 236, 239); color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><a id="user-content-source-compatibility" class="anchor" href="https://github.com/hartbit/swift-evolution/blob/literal-string-improvements/proposals/XXXX-improve-string-literals.md#source-compatibility" aria-hidden="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; color: rgb(3, 102, 214); text-decoration: none; float: left; padding-right: 4px; margin-left: -20px; line-height: 1;"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="octicon octicon-link" height="16" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 16 16" width="16"><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M4 9h1v1H4c-1.5 0-3-1.69-3-3.5S2.55 3 4 3h4c1.45 0 3 1.69 3 3.5 0 1.41-.91 2.72-2 3.25V8.59c.58-.45 1-1.27 1-2.09C10 5.22 8.98 4 8 4H4c-.98 0-2 1.22-2 2.5S3 9 4 9zm9-3h-1v1h1c1 0 2 1.22 2 2.5S13.98 12 13 12H9c-.98 0-2-1.22-2-2.5 0-.83.42-1.64 1-2.09V6.25c-1.09.53-2 1.84-2 3.25C6 11.31 7.55 13 9 13h4c1.45 0 3-1.69 3-3.5S14.5 6 13 6z"></path></svg></a>Source compatibility</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">This feature is purely additive; it has no effect on source compatibility.</p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 24px; margin-bottom: 16px; line-height: 1.25; padding-bottom: 0.3em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(234, 236, 239); color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><a id="user-content-effect-on-abi-stability" class="anchor" href="https://github.com/hartbit/swift-evolution/blob/literal-string-improvements/proposals/XXXX-improve-string-literals.md#effect-on-abi-stability" aria-hidden="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; color: rgb(3, 102, 214); text-decoration: none; float: left; padding-right: 4px; margin-left: -20px; line-height: 1;"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="octicon octicon-link" height="16" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 16 16" width="16"><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M4 9h1v1H4c-1.5 0-3-1.69-3-3.5S2.55 3 4 3h4c1.45 0 3 1.69 3 3.5 0 1.41-.91 2.72-2 3.25V8.59c.58-.45 1-1.27 1-2.09C10 5.22 8.98 4 8 4H4c-.98 0-2 1.22-2 2.5S3 9 4 9zm9-3h-1v1h1c1 0 2 1.22 2 2.5S13.98 12 13 12H9c-.98 0-2-1.22-2-2.5 0-.83.42-1.64 1-2.09V6.25c-1.09.53-2 1.84-2 3.25C6 11.31 7.55 13 9 13h4c1.45 0 3-1.69 3-3.5S14.5 6 13 6z"></path></svg></a>Effect on ABI stability</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">This feature is purely additive; it has no effect on ABI stability.</p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 24px; margin-bottom: 16px; line-height: 1.25; padding-bottom: 0.3em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(234, 236, 239); color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><a id="user-content-effect-on-api-resilience" class="anchor" href="https://github.com/hartbit/swift-evolution/blob/literal-string-improvements/proposals/XXXX-improve-string-literals.md#effect-on-api-resilience" aria-hidden="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; color: rgb(3, 102, 214); text-decoration: none; float: left; padding-right: 4px; margin-left: -20px; line-height: 1;"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="octicon octicon-link" height="16" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 16 16" width="16"><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M4 9h1v1H4c-1.5 0-3-1.69-3-3.5S2.55 3 4 3h4c1.45 0 3 1.69 3 3.5 0 1.41-.91 2.72-2 3.25V8.59c.58-.45 1-1.27 1-2.09C10 5.22 8.98 4 8 4H4c-.98 0-2 1.22-2 2.5S3 9 4 9zm9-3h-1v1h1c1 0 2 1.22 2 2.5S13.98 12 13 12H9c-.98 0-2-1.22-2-2.5 0-.83.42-1.64 1-2.09V6.25c-1.09.53-2 1.84-2 3.25C6 11.31 7.55 13 9 13h4c1.45 0 3-1.69 3-3.5S14.5 6 13 6z"></path></svg></a>Effect on API resilience</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">This feature is purely additive; it has no effect on API resilience.</p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 24px; margin-bottom: 16px; line-height: 1.25; padding-bottom: 0.3em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(234, 236, 239); color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><a id="user-content-alternatives-considered" class="anchor" href="https://github.com/hartbit/swift-evolution/blob/literal-string-improvements/proposals/XXXX-improve-string-literals.md#alternatives-considered" aria-hidden="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; color: rgb(3, 102, 214); text-decoration: none; float: left; padding-right: 4px; margin-left: -20px; line-height: 1;"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="octicon octicon-link" height="16" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 16 16" width="16"><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M4 9h1v1H4c-1.5 0-3-1.69-3-3.5S2.55 3 4 3h4c1.45 0 3 1.69 3 3.5 0 1.41-.91 2.72-2 3.25V8.59c.58-.45 1-1.27 1-2.09C10 5.22 8.98 4 8 4H4c-.98 0-2 1.22-2 2.5S3 9 4 9zm9-3h-1v1h1c1 0 2 1.22 2 2.5S13.98 12 13 12H9c-.98 0-2-1.22-2-2.5 0-.83.42-1.64 1-2.09V6.25c-1.09.53-2 1.84-2 3.25C6 11.31 7.55 13 9 13h4c1.45 0 3-1.69 3-3.5S14.5 6 13 6z"></path></svg></a>Alternatives considered</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">A different syntax for supporting long single-line strings was discussed where ending delimiters were replaced with the <code style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SFMono-Regular, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(27, 31, 35, 0.0470588); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;" class="">\</code>escaping character, mirroring their use in multi-line strings:</p><div class="highlight highlight-source-swift" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><pre style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SFMono-Regular, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.45; word-wrap: normal; padding: 16px; overflow: auto; background-color: rgb(246, 248, 250); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; word-break: normal;" class=""><span class="pl-c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 134, 179);">assert</span>(condition, <span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span>This is a long assertion message that flows \<span class="pl-ii" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(248, 248, 248); background-color: rgb(181, 42, 29);"></span></span>
<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"> <span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span></span>from one line to the next without requiring the concatenation \
<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span>operator<span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span></span>)
<span class="pl-c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 134, 179);">assert</span>(condition, <span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span>This is another <span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span></span>single<span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">-</span>line<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span> message that \<span class="pl-ii" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(248, 248, 248); background-color: rgb(181, 42, 29);"></span></span>
<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"> <span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span></span>supports up to two double<span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">-</span><span class="pl-c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 134, 179);">quotes</span> (<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span> and <span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span>) without any \<span class="pl-ii" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(248, 248, 248); background-color: rgb(181, 42, 29);"></span></span>
<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"> <span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span></span>escaping<span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span>)<span class="pl-ii" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(248, 248, 248); background-color: rgb(181, 42, 29);"></span></span></pre></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">That syntax saved two characters per line in strings with <code style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SFMono-Regular, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(27, 31, 35, 0.0470588); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;" class="">"""</code> delimiters but had several disadvantages:</p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 2em; margin-top: 0px; color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0px !important;" class=""><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">It loses the familiarity with C syntax</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0.25em;" class="">It introduces an asymmetry between the last line and those above</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0.25em;" class="">It does not do any actual escaping, introducing developer ambiguity with their use in multi-line literals</li></ul><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></body></html>