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Multiline strings in JavaScript
/**
* See: https://github.com/isaacs/node-tap/blob/master/bin/tap.js#L65
*/
console.log({/*
This is a multiline string.
That is, a single string, spread out over many lines,
without the need to escape quotes or end-of-line
characters.
I'm not sure about browser compatibility, but it works
in nodejs and Chrome.
*/}.toString().split(/\n/).slice(1, -1).join("\n"));
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