[ghc-steering-committee] Please review #637: Modify multiline string proposal #569 to remove one trailing newline

[Eric Seidel]

Ok, we have support from everyone except Adam and Simon M, who haven't responded.

I think that's good enough, I declare the amendedment accepted.

On Mon, Jul 29, 2024, at 13:06, Sebastian Graf wrote:
> +1
>
> Am Mo., 29. Juli 2024 um 11:19 Uhr schrieb Simon Peyton Jones 
> <simon.peytonjones at gmail.com>:
>> I'm in support.
>> 
>> Simon
>> 
>> On Sun, 28 Jul 2024 at 17:32, Eric Seidel <eric at seidel.io> wrote:
>>> Dear Committee,
>>> 
>>> Brandon has proposed an amendment to his previous multiline string proposal.
>>> 
>>> https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/637
>>> 
>>> The change is to strip one trailing newline from the lexed string, meaning that a multiline string like
>>> 
>>> """
>>> hello
>>> world
>>> """
>>> 
>>> would actually lex as "hello\nworld".
>>> 
>>> He makes a compelling case that this behavior is more compositional. I recommend acceptance.
>>> 
>>> This is a tiny change, so I'll give us a week for review and will declare the amendment accepted next weekend barring any objections.
>>> 
>>> Eric
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Jul 16, 2024, at 02:19, Adam Gundry wrote:
>>> > Dear Committee,
>>> >
>>> > Brandon Chinn proposes to amend the multiline string literal proposal 
>>> > #569 to remove one trailing newline:
>>> >
>>> > https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/637
>>> >
>>> > I'd like to nominate Eric Seidel as the shepherd, since he was the 
>>> > shepherd of #569.
>>> >
>>> > Please guide us to a conclusion as outlined in
>>> > https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals#committee-process
>>> >
>>> > Cheers,
>>> >
>>> > Adam
>>> >
>>> >
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