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@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ the exact spelling of an identifier.
 String literals

 ---------------

 

+Terminal symbol in the grammar: ``STR_LIT``.

+

 `String literals`:idx: can be delimited by matching double quotes, and can

 contain the following `escape sequences`:idx:\ :

 

@@ -205,12 +207,14 @@ contain the following `escape sequences`:idx:\ :
 

 

 Strings in Nimrod may contain any 8-bit value, even embedded zeros. However 

-some operations may interpret the first binary zero as terminator.

+some operations may interpret the first binary zero as a terminator.

 

 

 Triple quoted string literals

 -----------------------------

 

+Terminal symbol in the grammar: ``TRIPLESTR_LIT``.

+

 String literals can also be delimited by three double quotes

 ``"""`` ... ``"""``.

 Literals in this form may run for several lines, may contain ``"`` and do not

@@ -230,10 +234,12 @@ Produces::
 Raw string literals

 -------------------

 

-There are also `raw string literals` that are preceded with the letter ``r``

-(or ``R``) and are delimited by matching double quotes (just like ordinary

-string literals) and do not interpret the escape sequences. This is especially

-convenient for regular expressions or Windows paths:

+Terminal symbol in the grammar: ``RSTR_LIT``.

+

+There are also `raw string literals`:idx: that are preceded with the 

+letter ``r`` (or ``R``) and are delimited by matching double quotes (just 

+like ordinary string literals) and do not interpret the escape sequences. 

+This is especially convenient for regular expressions or Windows paths:

 

 .. code-block:: nimrod

 

@@ -250,12 +256,17 @@ Produces::
   a"b

 

 ``r""""`` is not possible with this notation, because the three leading 

-quotes introduce a triple quoted string literal. 

+quotes introduce a triple quoted string literal. ``r"""`` is the same 

+as ``"""`` since triple quoted string literals do not interpret escape 

+sequences either.

 

 

 Generalized raw string literals

 -------------------------------

 

+Terminal symbols in the grammar: ``GENERALIZED_STR_LIT``, 

+``GENERALIZED_TRIPLESTR_LIT``.

+

 The construct ``identifier"string literal"`` (without whitespace between the

 identifier and the opening quotation mark) is a

 `generalized raw string literal`:idx:. It is a shortcut for the construct