JLS question regarding Text Blocks

[Alex Buckley]

On 4/6/2020 11:43 AM, Jim Laskey wrote:
> In section 3.10.6 Text Blocks of the updated spec;
> 
> "The opening delimiter is a sequence that starts with three double quote 
> characters ("""), continues with zero or more space, tab, and form feed 
> characters, and concludes with a line terminator."
> 
> However, the JEP 378 description reads "The opening delimiter is a 
> sequence of three double quote characters (""") followed by zero or more 
> white spaces followed by a line terminator.
> 
> javac uses the Character.isWhitespace test for characters following the 
> opening three double quote characters.

Character::isWhiteSpace allows not only the JLS definition of whitespace 
-- space, tab, and FF -- but also LF and CR. So, javac would accept """ 
followed by some LF/CR characters (its idea of "zero or more white 
spaces") followed by a final LF/CR character (the "line terminator", at 
least according to the definition in JLS 3.4; can't find a definition in 
the API). That can't be right -- it extends the delimiter line into the 
content, so to speak.

Alex