The newline character plays a very important role in formatting source code: long declarations/statements are usually broken up into several lines of code using

The newline character plays a very important role in formatting source code: long declarations/statements are usually broken up into several lines of code using hidden newlines. These newlines do not alter the meaning of code. The same hidden newlines though in a string will alter the string: they will make the string multiline. So, in order to be more consistent with how code is formatted, I'd prefer hidden newlines in strings to not modify the strings.