Bob Hall wrote: >> On Aug 14, 2017, at 6:28 AM, Alex Tweedly wrote: >> >> While we (i.e. you) are thinking about string delimiters, could we >> PLEASE have some decent way to do multi-line strings. > > I find myself in many situations where multi-line strings would make > my code so much more readable. I do a lot of database work and having > a multi-line string for defining queries would be great. > > I used to put my queries in custom props (easier to read/modify) but > I’m finding now that I’d rather have the definitions in script-only > stacks and get them under source control. However, the current method > of appending multi-line strings together makes the code difficult to > work with and read. > > So I’ll +1 this request. I’d lean toward the triple-quote syntax for > implementation.
A while back I proposed some form of bash's heredoc - I'm not enamored of the name, but the concept seems useful:
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