josevalim/elixir — Issue #92: Discuss single and double quoted string
Author: josevalim
Created: 2012-01-08 16:50:31+00:00
State: open

Today, "double quoted" returns a binary in erlang while 'single quoted' a list. This is very convenient because we often need to use both formats in Erlang. However, this may also be confusing as most people wouldn't remind the difference between them.

We need to discuss if we want to leave this way or change the single quoted format to something else. This may not be an issue if editors explicitly use different syntax highlighting for each type. In many functional languages, a single quoted string is not the same as a double quoted string.