[TTL] Long literals from Andy Seaborne on 2011-03-31 (public-rdf-wg@w3.org from March 2011)

From: Andy Seaborne <andy.seaborne@epimorphics.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:12:12 +0100
To: RDF-WG <public-rdf-wg@w3.org>
Message-ID: <4D94456C.3020209@epimorphics.com>

What is the newline process in long literals?

"""
abc
def
"""

'''
abc
def
'''

which of CR(\r) NL(\n), CR, NL is it?

XML behaves as if it's &#xA; i.e. NL (also know as LF).

As \r escapes apply,

"""\r
abc\r
def\r
"""

would be the CR NL version.

It's hard to write the NL form if the default is CR NL.

So NL newlines seems appropriate. It just needs stating though.

(It can be achieved for a CR NL systems line MS-Windows by simply 
striping out any raw CR in the input stream anywhere in the input as the 
NL will achieve the same effect.)

 Andy

Received on Thursday, 31 March 2011 09:12:53 UTC