{-# LANGUAGE MultilineStrings #-} s = """ a b c """ -- equivalent to s' = "\na\nb\nc" s1 = """ a b c """ s2 = """ a b c """ -- In the current proposal, these are equivalent to -- the below. If leading newline were removed at the -- beginning, both would result in s1'. s1' = " a\nb\nc" s2' = "a\nb\nc"