reasonml / reasonml/reason

Wrap strings using backslash escape.

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Description

We should ensure that very long string literals are correctly wrapped using \.

let x =
   "hellllllllooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo\
     oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo";

Note that this does not introduce a newline in the string and the \ is completely gone after being parsed, and the string contains no spaces before the oooooo.. on the second line.

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Research direction

Start by locating the parser entry point and tests for string literals in this repository. Add coverage for the issue's multiline example, verifying that the backslash and following indentation do not become part of the parsed string and that no newline is introduced.

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Tech stack
ocaml
Domain
compilers
Issue type
Feature
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4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
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Stale
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