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Document C string literal tokens.
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10 changes: 10 additions & 0 deletions src/expressions/literal-expr.md
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>    | [BYTE_LITERAL]\
>    | [BYTE_STRING_LITERAL]\
>    | [RAW_BYTE_STRING_LITERAL]\
>    | [C_STRING_LITERAL]\
>    | [RAW_C_STRING_LITERAL]\
>    | [INTEGER_LITERAL]\
>    | [FLOAT_LITERAL]\
>    | `true` | `false`
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> **Note**: This section is incomplete.
## C string literal expressions

A C string literal expression consists of a single [C_STRING_LITERAL] or [RAW_C_STRING_LITERAL] token.

> **Note**: This section is incomplete.
## Integer literal expressions

An integer literal expression consists of a single [INTEGER_LITERAL] token.
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[BYTE_LITERAL]: ../tokens.md#byte-literals
[BYTE_STRING_LITERAL]: ../tokens.md#byte-string-literals
[RAW_BYTE_STRING_LITERAL]: ../tokens.md#raw-byte-string-literals
[C_STRING_LITERAL]: ../tokens.md#c-string-literals
[RAW_C_STRING_LITERAL]: ../tokens.md#raw-c-string-literals
[INTEGER_LITERAL]: ../tokens.md#integer-literals
[FLOAT_LITERAL]: ../tokens.md#floating-point-literals
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>    | [RAW_STRING_LITERAL]\
>    | [BYTE_STRING_LITERAL]\
>    | [RAW_BYTE_STRING_LITERAL]\
>    | [C_STRING_LITERAL]\
>    | [RAW_C_STRING_LITERAL]\
> &nbsp;&nbsp; | `-`<sup>?</sup> [INTEGER_LITERAL]\
> &nbsp;&nbsp; | `-`<sup>?</sup> [FLOAT_LITERAL]
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[RAW_STRING_LITERAL]: tokens.md#raw-string-literals
[BYTE_STRING_LITERAL]: tokens.md#byte-string-literals
[RAW_BYTE_STRING_LITERAL]: tokens.md#raw-byte-string-literals
[C_STRING_LITERAL]: tokens.md#c-string-literals
[RAW_C_STRING_LITERAL]: tokens.md#raw-c-string-literals
[INTEGER_LITERAL]: tokens.md#integer-literals
[FLOAT_LITERAL]: tokens.md#floating-point-literals

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</div>

<div class="warning">

C string and raw C string literals are accepted in literal patterns, but `&CStr`
doesn't implement structural equality (`#[derive(Eq, PartialEq)]`) and therefore
any such `match` on a `&CStr` will be rejected with a type error.

</div>

Literal patterns are always refutable.

Examples:
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| [Byte](#byte-literals) | `b'H'` | 0 | All ASCII | [Quote](#quote-escapes) & [Byte](#byte-escapes) |
| [Byte string](#byte-string-literals) | `b"hello"` | 0 | All ASCII | [Quote](#quote-escapes) & [Byte](#byte-escapes) |
| [Raw byte string](#raw-byte-string-literals) | `br#"hello"#` | <256 | All ASCII | `N/A` |
| [C string](#c-string-literals) | `c"hello"` | 0 | All Unicode | [Quote](#quote-escapes) & [Byte](#byte-escapes) & [Unicode](#unicode-escapes) |
| [Raw C string](#raw-c-string-literals) | `cr#"hello"#` | <256 | All Unicode | `N/A` |

\* The number of `#`s on each side of the same literal must be equivalent.

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b"\\x52"; br"\x52"; // \x52
```

### C string and raw C string literals

#### C string literals

> **<sup>Lexer</sup>**\
> C_STRING_LITERAL :\
> &nbsp;&nbsp; `c"` (\
> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; ~\[`"` `\` _IsolatedCR_]\
> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; | BYTE_ESCAPE\
> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; | UNICODE_ESCAPE\
> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; | STRING_CONTINUE\
> &nbsp;&nbsp; )<sup>\*</sup> `"` SUFFIX<sup>?</sup>
A _C string literal_ is a sequence of Unicode characters and _escapes_,
preceded by the characters `U+0063` (`c`) and `U+0022` (double-quote), and
followed by the character `U+0022`. If the character `U+0022` is present within
the literal, it must be _escaped_ by a preceding `U+005C` (`\`) character.
Alternatively, a C string literal can be a _raw C string literal_, defined
below. The type of a C string literal is [`&core::ffi::CStr`][CStr].

[CStr]: ../core/ffi/struct.CStr.html

C strings are implicitly terminated by byte `0x00`, so the C string literal
`c""` is equivalent to manually constructing a `&CStr` from the byte string
literal `b"\x00"`. Other than the implicit terminator, byte `0x00` is not
permitted within a C string.

Some additional _escapes_ are available in non-raw C string literals. An escape
starts with a `U+005C` (`\`) and continues with one of the following forms:

* A _byte escape_ escape starts with `U+0078` (`x`) and is followed by exactly
two _hex digits_. It denotes the byte equal to the provided hex value.
* A _24-bit code point escape_ starts with `U+0075` (`u`) and is followed
by up to six _hex digits_ surrounded by braces `U+007B` (`{`) and `U+007D`
(`}`). It denotes the Unicode code point equal to the provided hex value,
encoded as UTF-8.
* A _whitespace escape_ is one of the characters `U+006E` (`n`), `U+0072`
(`r`), or `U+0074` (`t`), denoting the bytes values `0x0A` (ASCII LF),
`0x0D` (ASCII CR) or `0x09` (ASCII HT) respectively.
* The _backslash escape_ is the character `U+005C` (`\`) which must be
escaped in order to denote its ASCII encoding `0x5C`.

The escape sequences `\0`, `\x00`, and `\u{0000}` are permitted within the token
but will be rejected as invalid, as C strings may not contain byte `0x00` except
as the implicit terminator.

A C string represents bytes with no defined encoding, but a C string literal
may contain Unicode characters above `U+007F`. Such characters will be replaced
with the bytes of that character's UTF-8 representation.

The following C string literals are equivalent:

```rust
c"æ"; // LATIN SMALL LETTER AE (U+00E6)
c"\u{00E6}";
c"\xC3\xA6";
```

> **Edition Differences**: C string literals are accepted in the 2021 edition or
> later. In earlier additions the token `c""` is lexed as `c ""`.
#### Raw C string literals

> **<sup>Lexer</sup>**\
> RAW_C_STRING_LITERAL :\
> &nbsp;&nbsp; `cr` RAW_C_STRING_CONTENT SUFFIX<sup>?</sup>
>
> RAW_C_STRING_CONTENT :\
> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; `"` ( ~ _IsolatedCR_ )<sup>* (non-greedy)</sup> `"`\
> &nbsp;&nbsp; | `#` RAW_C_STRING_CONTENT `#`
Raw C string literals do not process any escapes. They start with the
character `U+0063` (`c`), followed by `U+0072` (`r`), followed by fewer than 256
of the character `U+0023` (`#`), and a `U+0022` (double-quote) character. The
_raw C string body_ can contain any sequence of Unicode characters and is
terminated only by another `U+0022` (double-quote) character, followed by the
same number of `U+0023` (`#`) characters that preceded the opening `U+0022`
(double-quote) character.

All characters contained in the raw C string body represent themselves in UTF-8
encoding. The characters `U+0022` (double-quote) (except when followed by at
least as many `U+0023` (`#`) characters as were used to start the raw C string
literal) or `U+005C` (`\`) do not have any special meaning.

> **Edition Differences**: Raw C string literals are accepted in the 2021
> edition or later. In earlier additions the token `cr""` is lexed as `cr ""`,
> and `cr#""#` is lexed as `cr #""#` (which is non-grammatical).
#### Examples for C string and raw C string literals

```rust
c"foo"; cr"foo"; // foo
c"\"foo\""; cr#""foo""#; // "foo"

c"foo #\"# bar";
cr##"foo #"# bar"##; // foo #"# bar

c"\x52"; c"R"; cr"R"; // R
c"\\x52"; cr"\x52"; // \x52
```

### Number literals

A _number literal_ is either an _integer literal_ or a _floating-point
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## Reserved prefixes

> **<sup>Lexer 2021+</sup>**\
> RESERVED_TOKEN_DOUBLE_QUOTE : ( IDENTIFIER_OR_KEYWORD <sub>_Except `b` or `r` or `br`_</sub> | `_` ) `"`\
> RESERVED_TOKEN_DOUBLE_QUOTE : ( IDENTIFIER_OR_KEYWORD <sub>_Except `b` or `c` or `r` or `br` or `cr`_</sub> | `_` ) `"`\
> RESERVED_TOKEN_SINGLE_QUOTE : ( IDENTIFIER_OR_KEYWORD <sub>_Except `b`_</sub> | `_` ) `'`\
> RESERVED_TOKEN_POUND : ( IDENTIFIER_OR_KEYWORD <sub>_Except `r` or `br`_</sub> | `_` ) `#`
> RESERVED_TOKEN_POUND : ( IDENTIFIER_OR_KEYWORD <sub>_Except `r` or `br` or `cr`_</sub> | `_` ) `#`
Some lexical forms known as _reserved prefixes_ are reserved for future use.

Source input which would otherwise be lexically interpreted as a non-raw identifier (or a keyword or `_`) which is immediately followed by a `#`, `'`, or `"` character (without intervening whitespace) is identified as a reserved prefix.

Note that raw identifiers, raw string literals, and raw byte string literals may contain a `#` character but are not interpreted as containing a reserved prefix.

Similarly the `r`, `b`, and `br` prefixes used in raw string literals, byte literals, byte string literals, and raw byte string literals are not interpreted as reserved prefixes.
Similarly the `r`, `b`, `br`, `c`, and `cr` prefixes used in raw string literals, byte literals, byte string literals, raw byte string literals, C string literals, and raw C string literals are not interpreted as reserved prefixes.

> **Edition Differences**: Starting with the 2021 edition, reserved prefixes are reported as an error by the lexer (in particular, they cannot be passed to macros).
>
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