Dragan Simic <dsimic@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> A line that defines a value can be continued to the next line by
> +ending it with a `\`; the backslash and the end-of-line are stripped.
> +Leading whitespace characters after 'name =', the remainder of the
> line after the first comment character '#' or ';', and trailing
> +whitespace characters of the line are discarded unless they are enclosed
> +in double quotes.
Can we directly tighten the "trailing..." part, instead of having to
add an extra long sentence ...
> +The discarding of the trailing whitespace characters
> +applies regardless of the discarding of the portion of the line after
> +the first comment character.
... like this as an attempt to clarify?
Leading whitespace characters before and after 'name =', and the
remainder of the line after the first comment character '#' or
';', are removed, and then trailing whitespace characters at the
end of the line are discarded.
By the way, if a run of whitespace characters are enclosed in double
quotes, they cannot be trailing at the end of the line, as the
closing double quote is not a whitespace character, so it is out of
place to talk about quoted string in the context of trailing blank
removal. The unquoting would want to be discussed separately.
> +Internal whitespace characters within the
> +value are retained verbatim.
Good.
>
> Inside double quotes, double quote `"` and backslash `\` characters
> must be escaped: use `\"` for `"` and `\\` for `\`.
Thanks for working on this topic.
