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@@ -1089,6 +1089,14 @@ delimiter disappears. To write a literal semicolon immediately after a hex or octal escape, write two semicolons, the first of which will be interpreted 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. +The escape sequence "\e " (backslash space) can be used to encode a +significant space. + .SS String Quasiliterals Quasiliterals are similar to string literals, except that they may |