Kill implicit joining of adjacent strings

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 19:11:54 -0500, Andrei Alexandrescu  
<SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:

> On 11/11/10 3:33 PM, bearophile wrote:
>> Now this discussion seems settled enough, so I may summarize its  
>> results a little (please fix this list if you see an error):
>>
>> - Andrei Alexandrescu has said this idea doesn't harm but he sees not  
>> much evidence this is a problem in C/C++.
>> - Don has not said how much he likes the idea, but he has shown no  
>> technical opposition against it, and I think he may accept it.
>> - Sean Kelly sees no technical problems in the idea, and I think he  
>> accepts it.
>> - Steven Schveighoffer likes the idea.
>> - Vladimir Panteleev likes the idea.
>> - Manfred Nowak seems to like the idea.
>> - Michel Fortin seems to like this idea.
>> - Yao G. is opposed (but he has shown to not consider the usage of ~ to  
>> concat lines).
>> - dennis luehring likes the idea.
>> - klickverbot agrees with the idea.
>> - Jonathan M Davis agrees with the idea.
>> - Rainer Deyke has suggested a problem that may be solved or doesn't  
>> exists.
>> - spir seems now more or less OK with the idea, but I am not sure.
>> - so seems a OK with the idea now, but I am not sure.
>> - I like this idea.
>> - Brad Roberts has expressed no opinion on the topic.
>>
>> On average the answers seem positive. So, Walter are you willing to  
>> deprecate automatic joining of adjacent strings (and later turn it into  
>> a syntax error, the error message may suggest to add a ~)?
>
> Let me ask a related question: if there were a priority list of things  
> that Walter should be busy with, where would this feature be on that  
> list?

Depends.  If it's easy to fix, bang it out.  If it's more involved, it  
should be low.  I don't see this as a heavy hitter.

I'd *much* rather see inout fixed.

-Steve