String Literals

Entering html, xml, or especially regular expressions in java tends to be a difficult exercise due to the need to enter many escapes.

We propose a string literal operator: strings contained inside matching pairs of 3 quotes are read directly, without parsing single quotes, backslashes, or newlines. Only the \u escape is parsed (as that occurs on a different level).

old code:

     return "Usage:   \nmyapp \"filename\" -options\n";

new code:

     return """Usage:
myapp "filename" -options
""";