SE-0200 Unexpected Elegance A Slightly Rambling Talk
summary
Proposal SE-0200 reworks raw strings into extended string delimiters using balanced pound signs so strings allow interpolation and literal paste‑in without heavy escaping; design choices narrow to single quotes or pound delimiters, team prototypes used custom compiler builds, accepted August 29, 2018, and lands in Swift (docs show Swift 5.9.2). The compiler change unifies string handling, reduces special casing, and the implementation works — toolchain builds prove it and the repo stabilizes.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:08Motivating language change
- 6:41Swift Evolution process
- 13:13SE-007 change
- 19:40Raw strings importance
- 28:58SE-0200 raw string story
- 49:41Unexpected Swift outcomes
- 52:40Conclusion
