Re: Line breaks in format control string

Pascal Bourguignon <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
;; there's no line break in this ^^^ string
(loop for y from 1971 below 1992
do (format t "~&I should have just had the guts ~
to ask her out that day in ~D." y))
;; and neither in that string ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

There is a newline in the string literal, but FORMAT will ignore it.
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