parse-time optimizations

[piet at cs.uu.nl]

>>>>> jcm <grumble at usa.net> (J) writes:

J> Yea, I guess it's just wishful thinking.  Something about
J> string-literal juxtaposition doesn't sit right with me.  I guess I'm
J> used to optimizing compilers, which would transform "a" + "b" into
J> "ab" (and 1 + 2 into 3, etc).  Having a different syntax specifically
J> for string-literal concatenation seems odd (it seems less odd in C
J> only because strings are so klunky).

"a" "b" should not be considered an optimization, it is just one of the
many ways string literals can be written.
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