[GHC] #12414: Ill-formed or incorrect multiline string in compiler/main/GHC.hs

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#12414: Ill-formed or incorrect multiline string in compiler/main/GHC.hs
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        Reporter:  ifigueroap        |                Owner:
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  lowest            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.0.1
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 Type of failure:  Other             |            Test Case:
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Comment (by osa1):

 Yes, from Haskell2010 says this:

 (https://www.haskell.org/onlinereport/haskell2010/haskellch2.html#x7-200002.6)

 > A string may include a “gap”—two backslants enclosing white
 characters—which is ignored. This allows one to write long strings on more
 than one line by writing a backslant at the end of one line and at the
 start of the next.

 It seems like we don't follow this rule, we only have one backslash here.

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