[r6rs-discuss] strange escape sequence in string literals

[leppie]

> From: Andy Wingo
> I wonder though, what is the purpose of allowing intraline whitespace
> before the line ending?

I think this is mostly due to text editors (incorrectly) introducing 
whitespace after the last meaningful character in a line, or pressing ENTER 
while trailing whitespace is still present.

All decent editors should trim whitespace before line endings (or have an 
option to do so).

Cheers

leppie