>> I don't think it is reasonable to change the parser this way. This is >> currently valid R code: >> >> a <- "foo" >> "bar" >> >> and with the new syntax, it is also valid, but with a different >> meaning. Or you can even consider >> >> a <- "foo" >> bar %>% func() %>% print() >> >> etc. >> >> I like the idea of string literals, but the C/C++ way clearly does not >> work. The Python/Julia way might, i.e.: >> >> """this is a >> multi-line >> lineral""" > > > This does look like a promising option; some more careful checking > would be needed to make sure there aren't cases where currently > working code would be broken. > > Another Python idea worth considering is the raw string notation > r"xyx" that does not process escape sequences -- this would make > writing things like regular expressions easier.
If this is something you would consider, we'd be happy to put together a patch for review. Hadley -- http://hadley.nz ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
