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Wrong error for string literal suffix when stuck together

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Since Aug 19, 2025.

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Description

Code
let s = r#" \ "#r"\ ";
Current output
error: unknown character escape: ` `
 --> src/main.rs:2:20
  |
2 | let s = r#" \ "#r"\ ";
  |                    ^ unknown character escape
  |
  = help: for more information, visit <https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/tokens.html#literals>
help: if you meant to write a literal backslash (perhaps escaping in a regular expression), consider a raw string literal
  |
2 | let s = r#" \ "#rr"\ ";
  |                  +

error: expected one of `.`, `;`, `?`, `else`, or an operator, found `"\ "`
 --> src/main.rs:2:18
  |
2 | let s = r#" \ "#r"\ ";
  |                  ^^^^ expected one of `.`, `;`, `?`, `else`, or an operator
Desired output
error: suffixes on string literals are invalid
 --> src/main.rs:2:9
  |
2 | let s = r#" \ "#r"\ ";
  |         ^^^^^^^^^ invalid suffix `r`
Rationale and extra context

It seems like #r is not considered as a suffix whereas it should

Other cases

Rust Version
1.90.0-nightly (2025-07-17 e4662966273ed58b51f9)
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