http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=48740
--- Comment #9 from Kay Hayen <kayhayen at gmx dot de> 2011-04-23 11:24:54 UTC --- On 4.6 it exists though, I pasted your code to a new file: ----- [~]> g++-4.6 -c --std=c++0x testcase.cpp -Wall -Werror testcase.cpp:3:17: error: unterminated raw string testcase.cpp:3:15: error: expected primary-expression at end of input testcase.cpp:3:15: error: expected ‘,’ or ‘;’ at end of input [~]> cat testcase.cpp #include <cstdio> char const *R = R"raw(foo%sbar%sfred%sbob?????)raw"; int main() { std::printf("%s\n", R); } [~]> g++-4.6 -v Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=/usr/bin/g++-4.6 COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/lto-wrapper Target: x86_64-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Debian 4.6.0-2' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.6/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++,go --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=-4.6 --enable-shared --enable-multiarch --enable-linker-build-id --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.6 --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-plugin --enable-gold --enable-ld=default --with-plugin-ld --enable-objc-gc --with-arch-32=i586 --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.6.1 20110329 (prerelease) (Debian 4.6.0-2) ---------- Yours, Kay