multiline strings in python3 grammar

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Lark is a parsing toolkit for Python, built with a focus on ergonomics, performance and modularity.

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Closed kediaharshit9 closed 3 months ago

kediaharshit9 commented 7 months ago

A common way to write strings in python is to put a backslash at the end and continue in the next line, this makes code more readable as well.

To Reproduce

x = "abc \
def"

This is valid python code, but lark parser fails with error

lark.exceptions.UnexpectedCharacters: No terminal matches '"' in the current parser context, at line ...

MegaIng commented 7 months ago