Re: What is the preferred way to embed multi-line string in C source?

[David Jones <drj@...>]

On 19 Dec 2008, at 05:13, Rob Hoelz wrote:
> I believe you can do the following:
>
> char *luaCode = "function foo()\n"
>     "  print('foo')\n"
>     "end";
>
> Not ideal, but hey, it works.

Yes, adjacent literal strings just get concatenated.  The portable  
limit on the total length of the string as specified in the standard  
is 4095 characters (in C99).  If you are generating C code with a  
program you can easily go past this.

drj