How about the Groovy way of using:

"""
quoted string that preserves all single tick ' occurences as is
"""

The 3 single or double quote encasing the text. Yes there is always the possibility of the text containing the same, just its less likely to occur..



On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 3:22 AM, Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda@gmail.com> wrote:


On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Colin Putney <colin@wiresong.com> wrote:



On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda@gmail.com> wrote:
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David Leibs has been pushing a well-thought-through facility he calls (and other systems name) "quasi-quote". �Here, a string literal contains escape sequences, a little like printf, that allow one to substitute values. �Dave's syntax uses square brackets to escape into Smalltalk.�

That's certainly a useful construct, but I don't think it addresses Terry's problem. He wants a string literal that can include $' and CR without escaping. Something like HEREDOC or Python's triple-double-quote string literals.

If I had a brain I would have remembered the syntax and hence that it does address Terry's point. �The quote character for quasi-quote is ` (back tick), so single ticks are literal inside a quasi-quote. �<blush>Sorry</blush>�

Colin






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best,
Eliot