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// Currently it would look like this:
let myLongString = "Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi.\n\nNam liber tempor cum soluta nobis eleifend option congue nihil imperdiet doming id quod mazim placerat facer possim assum. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.\n\nDuis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis."
// With the accepted version of the proposal it becomes a little bit better, but still to long,
// because we can only replace `\n` characters with lines and that's it.
let myLongString = """
Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi.
Nam liber tempor cum soluta nobis eleifend option congue nihil imperdiet doming id quod mazim placerat facer possim assum. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis.
"""
// This is how it should ideally look like and be editor/IDE/linter independent.
// The string produces the same result as above and does not rely on any
// soft-wrapping functionality and is written within some smaller line width.
// The trailing precision is a really good tradeoff at this point.
let myLongString = """
Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit \
lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure \
dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore \
eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui \
blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi.
Nam liber tempor cum soluta nobis eleifend option congue nihil imperdiet doming \
id quod mazim placerat facer possim assum. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer \
adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna \
aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation \
ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie \
consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis.
"""
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