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@@ -1111,11 +1111,24 @@ as a delimiter. Thus, "\ex21;;" represents "!;". If the line ends in the middle of a literal, it is an error, unless the last character is a backslash. This backslash is a special escape which does not denote a character; rather, it indicates that the string literal continues -on the next line. Leading whitespace in the following line is deleted, and -does not constitute part of the string literal, which allows for indentation. +on the next line. The backslash is deleted, along with whitespace which +immediately precedes it, as well as leading whitespace in the following line. The escape sequence "\e " (backslash space) can be used to encode a significant space. +Example: + + "foo \e + bar" + + "foo \e + \ bar" + + "foo\ \e + bar" + +The first string literal is the string "foobar". The second two are "foo bar". + .SS String Quasiliterals Quasiliterals are similar to string literals, except that they may |