Generate String Literal

eelke commented

2018-09-19 18:54:33 +00:00

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The basic algorithm would be to place begin and end markers around the string and escape special characters. However we want it to be e general solution so we need to be able to configure this
and when you think about it then especially the escaping part is not that easy.

Escapes

Let's start with considering classic C++ strings the escape rules are fairly simple but there are actual three different escapes.

escape special meaning as the escape character '' and the quote have special meaning they need escaping to "remove" the special meaning. In this case the escape is thus followed by a normal character.
escape that changes the meaning of the character like \t which represents a tab character.
numerical escapes in this case the escape is followed by a letter and a number where the number specifies the char/codepoint.

So when converting to escape there are three types of conversions to perform.

Do other languages need something else?

Quote's

Commonly use single or double quotes with single line literals. Some languages allow for multiline string literals with more complex begin and end markers.

cpp has raw strings R"delimiter(raw characters)delimiter"
php has heredoc and nowdoc

The basic algorithm would be to place begin and end markers around the string and escape special characters. However we want it to be e general solution so we need to be able to configure this and when you think about it then especially the escaping part is not that easy. ## Escapes Let's start with considering classic C++ strings the escape rules are fairly simple but there are actual three different escapes. - escape special meaning as the escape character '\' and the quote have special meaning they need escaping to "remove" the special meaning. In this case the escape is thus followed by a normal character. - escape that changes the meaning of the character like \t which represents a tab character. - numerical escapes in this case the escape is followed by a letter and a number where the number specifies the char/codepoint. So when converting to escape there are three types of conversions to perform. Do other languages need something else? ## Quote's Commonly use single or double quotes with single line literals. Some languages allow for multiline string literals with more complex begin and end markers. - cpp has raw strings R"delimiter(raw characters)delimiter" - php has heredoc and nowdoc

eelke commented

2018-11-11 09:45:58 +00:00

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Needed by #18

eelke commented

2019-08-19 13:53:15 +00:00

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ConvertToMultiLineCString does most (all?) of this for atleast c/cpp possible good bases for more advanced implementation.

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Generate String Literal #19

Escapes

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