Re: Is there any way to have a string literal that is read "raw"

[Sean O'Rourke]

"Richard M. Stallman" <address@hidden> writes:

>     No.  There is no escaping whatsoever, nor is there a delimiter.  The 4
>     before the H is a character count.  And H stands for "Hollerith code",
>     the punch card predecessor of "ASCII code".
>
> Another advantage of 4H^.*\n is that you can join the 4H club.
>
> However, it won't fit in Emacs Lisp, because it can't be parsed
> backwards.

Yes, but there are 4HclubH4s for every taste.  Imagine trying to
explain that design decision to someone in 10 years...

/s