[docs] TableGen easter egg: Multiline string literals

They're called code fragments, but they are really multiline string
literals. Just spotted this usage in a patch by Aaron using "code
fragments" for holding documentation text. I remember someone bemoaning
the lack of multiline string literals in TableGen, so I'm explicitly
documenting that code fragments are multiline string literals.

Let it be known that any use case needing multiline string literals in
TableGen (such as descriptions of options, or whatnot) can use use
code fragments (instead of C-style string concatenation or exceedingly
long lines). E.g.

    class Bar<int n>;
    class Baz<int n>;
    class Doc<string desc> {
        string Desc = desc;
    }
    def Foo : Bar<1>, Baz<3>, Doc<[{
    This Foo is a Bar, and also a Baz. It can take 3 values:
        * Qux
        * Quux
        * Quuux
    }]>;

git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@201033 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8

diff --git a/docs/TableGen/LangRef.rst b/docs/TableGen/LangRef.rst
index bd28a9031d74ecdcdd95c2514ad996238a5207c1..e3db3aa62712fae11a0d861699d03356b1c01d9d 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/TableGen/LangRef.rst
+++ b/docs/TableGen/LangRef.rst
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ TableGen also has two string-like literals:
    TokString: '"' <non-'"' characters and C-like escapes> '"'
    TokCodeFragment: "[{" <shortest text not containing "}]"> "}]"
 
+:token:`TokCodeFragment` is essentially a multiline string literal
+delimited by ``[{`` and ``}]``.
+
 .. note::
    The current implementation accepts the following C-like escapes::