Add \z escape sequence to skip whitespace in strings #129
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Implements the Lua 5.3 \z escape sequence which skips all following whitespace characters (spaces, tabs, newlines) in string literals. This allows splitting long string literals across multiple lines without including the whitespace in the final string value. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Adds test verifying that semicolons can be used as field separators in table constructors, as required by Lua 5.3 test suite. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
\zescape sequence in string literals\zescape skips all following whitespace characters (spaces, tabs, newlines)Changes
\zescape in lexer\zfrom invalid escape sequence test (now valid)Test plan
\zwith spaces, tabs, newlines, and CRLF\z)🤖 Generated with Claude Code