# Proposal for multiline string literals accepted

**URL:** <https://discourse.haskell.org/t/proposal-for-multiline-string-literals-accepted/8664>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [January 27, 2024, 11:35pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/proposal-for-multiline-string-literals-accepted/8664 "2024-01-27T23:35:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![brandonchinn178](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.haskell.org/brandonchinn178/32/5103_2.png) [@brandonchinn178](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/brandonchinn178)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 11:35pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/proposal-for-multiline-string-literals-accepted/8664/1 "2024-01-27T23:35:37Z")

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The proposal for adding multiline string literals has been accepted!

> <https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/569>
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> The \[proposal\](https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/propos…als/0569-multiline-strings.rst) has been accepted; the following discussion is mostly of historic interest.
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> Resolves #260.
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> Doesn't address QuasiQuote deprecation because ~~I disagree that QuasiQuotes are \*\*only\*\* useful for multiline strings; QuasiQuotes are being used for much more than multiline strings~~ that can be a separate proposal \[^1\].
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> \[Rendered\](https://github.com/brandonchinn178/ghc-proposals/blob/multiline-strings/proposals/0569-multiline-strings.rst)
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> \[^1\]: I originally didn't understand what the relation was; I now understand that it's due to the fact that \`\[foo|...|\]\` could be written with \`$(foo """...""")\`; the only thing restricting it before was lack of multiline support

Corresponding GHC ticket: [#24390: Implement multiline strings · Issues · Glasgow Haskell Compiler / GHC · GitLab](https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/24390)

If anyone has any tips for implementing this in GHC, send them my way!

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**Author:** ![sgraf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.haskell.org/sgraf/32/392_2.png) [@sgraf](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/sgraf)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2024, 10:42am UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/proposal-for-multiline-string-literals-accepted/8664/2 "2024-01-28T10:42:28Z")

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That’s a great proposal! Thanks!

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**Author:** ![ozkutuk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.haskell.org/ozkutuk/32/3992_2.png) [@ozkutuk](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/ozkutuk)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2024, 11:26am UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/proposal-for-multiline-string-literals-accepted/8664/3 "2024-01-28T11:26:54Z")

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Great news! FYI the proposal has `2020-01-27` as the acceptance date.

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**Author:** ![adamgundry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/34f0e0/32.png) [@adamgundry](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/adamgundry)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/proposal-for-multiline-string-literals-accepted/8664/4 "2024-01-29T13:34:50Z")

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Acceptance date fixed, good spot!

Thanks @brandonchinn178 for pushing this proposal through and working on the implementation.