[ string literals ] Extending the escape language (was: String literals: some principles)

[Guy Steele]

> On May 7, 2019, at 6:14 PM, Brian Goetz <brian.goetz at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> . . . at the end of the line, one cannot differentiate between \<eol> and \<space> when reading the code.

This suggests a design constraint for the ESL: whatever \<eol> means, \<horizontal space><eol> ought to mean the same thing.