<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 14 Jul 2017, at 00:21, Jordan Rose <<a href="mailto:jordan_rose@apple.com" class="">jordan_rose@apple.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">[Proposal: <a href="https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0182-newline-escape-in-strings.md" class="">https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0182-newline-escape-in-strings.md</a>]<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This is a tiny, tiny point amidst the broader discussions others are having, but</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• All whitespace characters between \ and the newline are disregarded.</blockquote><br class=""></div><div class="">Why? Why bother allowing whitespace characters between \ and the newline?</div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>The reasoning is to be consistent with trailing whitespace in the rest of the code: to leave that to a linter instead. Or to see it differently, even with whitespace between \ and the newline, the programmer’s intent is still clear. Why generate an error?</div><div><br class=""></div><div>David.</div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class="">Thanks,</div><div class="">Jordan</div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>