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Many code formatters decide whether to use
"or'based on some configuration and whether the default one would require escaping. So if you are using such a code formatter, this is no longer a deliberate choice unless you explicitly override the behavior with annotations.I am not sure whether your solution of using a less intense color for the unchanged part of the string would make it clearer. It is just more similar to other diff tools that highlight the whole line with a less intense color if it contains changes.
Then with a code formatter you definitely want to show this change. In a normal usage the code formatter should ensure that this kind of diff can't happen, then it's useful to see if it was not used during a code review.
just stick a verification task in ci. if I have to check if the format matches the standard in a code review instead of reviewing meaningful things my time is being wasted
Yeah exactly, I'm not it was clear that it was what I meant by "the formatter should ensure ..."
Would make what clearer?
If I change a string to a raw string or an interpolated string, it is a semantic change on the entire string, even if it leads to consequential changes only on subsections of it. The next time or additional changes I make must take different semantics into account.
If the formatting configuration forces one specific style then that is the deliberate choice; to have that one.
If there is no uniform single string quoting it is useful to differentiate between them; for example if for normal strings
'is preferred while for specific cases where escaping characters like\nis required,"must be used.