Btw, in c# we have @ to drop escapes:
@"c:\Docs\Source\a.txt" // rather than "c:\\Docs\\Source\\a.txt"
@"""Ahoy!"" cried the captain." // "Ahoy!" cried the captain.
and(!) also as 'marker' that allows to use keywords as identifiers:
class @class
{
public static void @static(bool @bool) {..}
..
}
so, probably it is OK to have backtick also as 'special' string marker in
Swift ?
`abc "def" \(hahaha /// \total-10`
Also, wanted to drop some alternatives:
* what about single quote? like
'abc "def" \(hahaha /// \total-10'
(if single quote appear in text - it should be doubled, so
'example '' - is a "single" quote'
* what about @ like in c# for string literals just to say "do not process
escapes" (double quotes should be doubled) :
@"this just text \( \t \n but with ""double quotes"""
* what about $".."$ to mark a sting as-is, without escapes, without
interpolation, allows double quote without escaping(putting twice)? Yes, "$
combination will not be allowed inside of such string.
On 09.05.2016 1:13, Brent Royal-Gordon via swift-evolution wrote:
By the way has the backtick or triple backtick been considered?
Backticks already have a meaning—they "quote" an identifier which would
otherwise be taken as a keyword.
--
Brent Royal-Gordon
Sent from my iPhone
On May 8, 2016, at 2:58 PM, Ricardo Parada <rpar...@mac.com
<mailto:rpar...@mac.com>> wrote:
The _" and "_ are a good alternative I think.
For some reason the underscore bothers me: it doesn't look as good
aesthetically as others, and because it is already used for a couple of
other things in Swift (to make large numbers readable and as a
placeholder to discard a value).
On May 7, 2016, at 7:24 PM, L. Mihalkovic <laurent.mihalko...@gmail.com
<mailto:laurent.mihalko...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Regards
(From mobile)
On May 8, 2016, at 12:49 AM, Ricardo Parada via swift-evolution
<swift-evolution@swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org>> wrote:
It seems to me like this would take care of what is needed 99% of the
time.
I've seen many who don't favor continuation quotes.
The other option could be triple quote """ and make the continuation
quote optional. Not using the continuation quote would require the
closing triple quote """
For having built a prototype, I've come to realize that there are more
alternatives.
This is some of my own tests:
https://gist.github.com/lmihalkovic/718d1b8f2ae6f7f6ba2ef8da07b64c1c
The idea of these M/e or any other similar prefix remind me of my perl
days (there were a lot of these), and IMO have little to do with the
rest of Swift.
On May 7, 2016, at 9:48 AM, Brent Royal-Gordon via swift-evolution
<swift-evolution@swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org>> wrote:
```
// Something like:
let xml = M"<?xml version="1.0"?>
"<catalog>
" <book id="bk101" empty="">
" <author>\(author)</author>
" </book>
"</catalog>
```
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