Re: Backslash-newline escape as a line continuation rather than a newline?

[Shmuel Zeigerman <shmuz@...>]

Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote:
> > Sure, with every syntax change, some existing code needs to be
> > fixed. But in the case of this (proposed) change:
> > a) there is not so much code to fix (cases like the above are rare), and
> > b) the fix is local and trivial
>
> I guess the same is true about removing the '\n' from strings broken
> with '\'.

This change seems to be more intrusive, as it would affect not only 
existing code, but also existing data. For example, some my utilities 
serialize strings to files using string.format("%q"), as in PIL example.

(But in the end, what matters most is not what is easier to fix, but 
what is better to future Lua versions.)

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Shmuel