Multiline strings in meta section. #2074
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This commit implements multiline strings in the meta section. It is now possible to do the following:
rule a {
meta:
b = """
This is a multiline string literal.
Hooray!
"""
condition:
true
}
Escape sequences are handled so the sequence "\x41" in the above example comes out to a single 'A'. Everything else is copied into the rule verbatim.
This is different behavior from regular strings in that things like "\t" are converted to a single byte (0x09). If you want a tab character in your multiline string, you must put it in yourself. Same goes for newlines.