Steven Schveighoffer Wrote: > On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 08:26:40 -0500, Gary Whatmore <n...@spam.sp> wrote: > > Multiline strings have traditionally required stupid hacks. D might be > > the only string oriented language with so many useful string literals. > > Very useful in string processing. > > In this case, it's not a hack, it fits precisely within the definition of > the language. It's like saying: > > 1 + > 2 > > is a 'hack' to get multi-line addition working. How many times have you > written: > > if((condition1 && condition2) || > condition3 || > condition4 || > ...) > > To keep your sanity when writing complex if statements? Have you ever > felt that adding those pesky || at the end of each line was a 'hack'? > This is exactly the same thing.
Good point. I got it now.
