[ghc-steering-committee] Proposal #569: multiline string literals; Rec: accept

[Simon Peyton Jones]

I'm content to accept, but only when the specification is made precise.

Simon

On Tue, 2 Jan 2024 at 12:24, Richard Eisenberg <rae at richarde.dev> wrote:

> After some conversation on the ticket, I'd like to vote for acceptance
> here.
>
> Richard
>
> > On Jan 1, 2024, at 9:46 AM, Richard Eisenberg <rae at richarde.dev> wrote:
> >
> > Yes that's true of course, but if we had a design that could cover raw
> strings as well, then we have one fewer quoting construct. I guess the real
> question is: do we need the ability to toggle between multiline and raw
> separately? That is, right now we have cooked single-line strings. This
> proposal is for cooked multiline strings, leaving raw strings for a
> separate proposal. But maybe we only need cooked single-line strings and
> raw multiline ones? That would be simpler.
> >
> > I think wisdom from other languages would be helpful here. I will post
> on the ticket.
> >
> > Richard
> >
> >> On Dec 31, 2023, at 12:04 PM, Eric Seidel <eric at seidel.io> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Dec 29, 2023, at 07:19, Richard Eisenberg <rae at richarde.dev> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On the other hand, I'm a little worried that this doesn't have support
> for raw strings. That is, even with this, there will still be some users
> who reach for quasiquotes for multi-line strings, if those strings contain
> backslashes.
> >>
> >> I had a similar thought at first, but I think raw strings can be added
> independently of this proposal. So long as we are not closing the door to a
> future addition I think it is fine to take incremental steps.
> >
>
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