Re: [Chicken-users] "raw" strings

[Peter Bex]

On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 09:07:59AM +0200, felix winkelmann wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> Since escaping backslashes inside string literals can get tedious,
> I wondered wether a non-escaping string-syntax might be handy.
> Something like:
> 
>   #" ... "           (doesn't treat backslashes special, with the
> exception of \")
> 
> Any alternative suggestions?

Don't we already have that, as the heredoc syntax?

Could you give an example in which you need this?

Cheers,
Peter
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