(author here) Yes, one option I've thought about adding is the optional $ on the front, so these mean the same thing: '\n' # QSN string $'\n' # em

(author here) Yes, one option I've thought about adding is the optional $ on the front, so these mean the same thing: '\n' # QSN string $'\n' # emphasize that this is a QSN string, not something else # note that $'' comes from shell, but isn't literally shell It feels like the $ is too annoying to require everywhere. - But we don't want to use "" because it can be confused for JSON. - And '' means something different in Python, coreutils output, shell, JavaScript, etc. So there aren't many other options. $'' can be for cases where it's possible the string will be confused with some other format. (It's also true that QSN isn't identical to shell strings, there is a subset property)