[[ Bug 17417 ]] Allow escaping return & whitespace for multiline literal

livecode · montegoulding · Aug 13, 2017 · Aug 14, 2017 · Aug 14, 2017 · 71ef31a1a3ba884e9ab3acf49da090fd6b84d29e
commit 71ef31a1a3ba884e9ab3acf49da090fd6b84d29e
diff --git a/engine/src/scriptpt.cpp b/engine/src/scriptpt.cpp
@@ -379,6 +379,12 @@ MCNameRef MCScriptPoint::gettoken_nameref(void)
                                continue;
                        }
                        break;
+                    case '\n':
+                        t_result_char = *t_format++;
+                        while (*t_format == ' ' || *t_format == '\t')
+                            t_format++;
+                        t_format--;
+                        break;
                    default:
                        if (isdigit(*t_format))
                        {
@@ -1341,7 +1347,8 @@ Parse_stat MCScriptPoint::next(Symbol_type &type)
                    advance(2);
                else
                {
-                    if (newtype == ST_EOL || newtype == ST_EOF)
+                    if (((type == ST_LIT || !t_escaping) && newtype == ST_EOL) ||
+                        newtype == ST_EOF)
                    {
                        MCperror->add(PE_PARSE_BADLIT, *this);
                        return PS_ERROR;