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Deprecate obsolete warning messages in lex.ll. * NEWS: Announce deprecation of '\' as line continuation outside of double-quoted strings. Announce deprecation of trailing whitespace after '\' line continuation. * lex.ll: Change warning message to indicate '\' as line continuation was deprecated in version 7. Add FIXME note to remove code block in version 9. * lex.ll: Change warning message to indicate whitespace after '\' line continuation was deprecated in version 7. Add FIXME note to remove code block in version 9.
author Rik <rik@octave.org>
date Tue, 19 Jan 2021 17:10:07 -0800
parents cff933892ec2
children f3272029d42c
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--- a/NEWS	Mon Jan 18 17:08:14 2021 +0900
+++ b/NEWS	Tue Jan 19 17:10:07 2021 -0800
@@ -219,10 +219,17 @@
 
 - Interpreter
 
-    * The use of `'...'` for line continuations within double-quoted
+    * The use of `'...'` for line continuations *inside* double-quoted
     strings has been deprecated.  Use `'\'` for line continuations
+    inside strings instead.
+
+    * The use of `'\'` as a line continuation *outside* of double-quoted
+    strings has been deprecated.  Use `'...'` for line continuations
     instead.
 
+    * Any trailing whitespace after a `'\'` line continuation has been
+    deprecated.  Delete unnecessary trailing whitespace.
+
 ### Removed functions and properties
 
 The following functions and properties were deprecated in Octave 5