On 4/10/11 5:51 PM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
On 4/10/11 11:03 AM, simendsjo wrote:
Ref http://digitalmars.com/d/2.0/lex.html
What are some possible use cases for delimited strings?
What is solved by having this in the language?
Readability.
auto s = "This is 'something' that \"could\" have been made easier to
read";
auto t = q"[This is 'something' that "could" have been made easier to
read]";
(although I don't like that you have to type two chars after the q. In
ruby you'd write
%q(This is 'something' that "could have been made easier to read)
)
WYSIWYG strings already give you that with everything but backticks. So, other
than strings with both backticks and quotes in them, I don't see much point to
delimited strings. The string that you gave could have been done with
auto t = `This is 'something' that "could" have been made easier to read`;
If that had been `something instead of 'something, _then_ the delimited string
becomes useful, but given how rarely backticks are needed, it does seem rather
odd to have delimited strings just for that. So, I definitely have to wonder
why they exist.
- Jonathan M Davis
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