Multiline string and #

[mauro3]

In a multiline string a # shouldn't do anything. E.g. this errors:

"""
A fn

# Example

An ex.
"""
f(x) = 1

with ERROR: LoadError: LoadError: syntax: incomplete: invalid string syntax in expression starting at string:1

Work-around

"""
A fn

## Example

An ex.
"""
f(x) = 1

Note, this is not tied to doc-strings but in general multi-line strings.

[fredrikekre]

I don't think this can be easily fixed without a Julia parser...

[mauro3]

I see, no worries.

[MarkNahabedian]

I was considering asking this in a separate issue, but it kind of resonates with this one.

I'm curious why Literate chose to overload Julia comments for documentation text rather than using top level Markdown strings?

Might this be changed in a furure major relase, or maybe become controlable through a global flag?