#337 Formatter does not handle multi line string literals

[Thomas Mueller]

The formatter does not handle the multi line string literals introduced in Delphi 12:

const
  bla = '''
    first line
    seconde line
      indented third line
        fourth line even further indented
    last line, no longer indented
  ''';

gets formatted as:

const
  bla = '''
    first line
    seconde line
    indented third line
    fourth line even further indented
    last line, no longer indented
    ''';

The indentation of the third and fourth line gets removed.

There are possibly even more problems if the string contains semicolon or comma characters or reserved words.

[Thomas Mueller]

added unit tests in revision #4110

[Thomas Mueller]

A workaround for now is to enclose these strings with the {(} and {)} comments that prevent formatting. But note that this only works as long as the string content does not contain these special comments itself.

[Thomas Mueller]

fixed in revision #4112

[Thomas Mueller]

re-opened: Turned out that I overlooked some unit tests that previously worked but are now broken.

[Thomas Mueller]

Fixed again in revision #4115, let's hope this time for real.