Fix escaping of [[ and ]] in strings#81
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Previously, `[[` and `]]` were not escaped in strings, which led to bad interactions with m4. Also, don't break strings on newline, as GCC et al support whitespace between a backslash and the subsequent newline.
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Thanks for this. It's merged to master and will be in the next release of flex. |
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Previously,
[[and]]were not escaped in strings, which ledto bad interactions with m4.
Also, don't break strings on newline, as GCC et al support whitespace
between a backslash and the subsequent newline.