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From: Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com>
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Subject: Re: multi-line Strings
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:33:15 -0700
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bob smith <bob@coolfone.comze.com> writes:

> Should something be added to the Java language to make multi-line Strings more clear?
>
> Maybe like what PHP has?
>
> Right now, I have a mess like this:
>

You could always write something like

  private final String mLomoishShader = multiline(
          "precision mediump float;",
          "uniform sampler2D tex_sampler_0;",
          "uniform vec2 seed;",
...
          "  float dist = length(coord * scale);",
          "  float lumen = 0.85 / (1.0 + exp((dist * inv_max_dist - 0.73) * 20.0)) + 0.15;",
          "  gl_FragColor = vec4(bw_color * lumen, color.a);",
          "}");


     private static String multiline(String... lines) {
        // left as an exercise for the reader
     }

-- 
Jim Janney