JDK-8227870 - Escape Sequences For Line Continuation and White Space (Preview)

[Jim Laskey]

During the discussion on Text Blocks, several of you stated a need for a line continuation construct. I have since created a CSR to propose the creation of two new escape sequences: \<line terminator> and \s.

	https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8227870


Please review and comment here.

Cheers,

-- Jim