[Developers] quoting in par-file strings

[Frank Loeffler]

Hi,

Jonathan Thornburg wrote:

> Ok, here are my proposed string quoting rules:
> * A string is delimited by either single-quotes ('...')
>    or double-quotes ("...").
> * Within a string delimited by single-quotes, double-quotes may be
>    used with no need for special quoting
> * Within a string delimited by double-quotes, single-quotes may be
>    used with no need for special quoting
> * Backslash quotes the next character, i.e.
>    * \' gives a single-quote character without delimiting the string
>    * \" gives a double-quote character without delimiting the string
>    * \\ gives a backslash character in the string

I think you should add that Backslash quotes should only be possible in 
double quoted strings, which would also make your point 2 obsolete.

Frank