为什么原始字符串文字的分隔符必须小于 16 个字符?

Why must the delimiters of raw string literals be under 16 chars?

以下程序无法编译:

#include <iostream>

int main() {
    std::cout << R"RAW_STRING_LITERAL(
        hello
        world
        )RAW_STRING_LITERAL";
}

错误: raw string delimiter longer than 16 characters

为什么对原始字符串定界符施加长度限制?

标准规定:

A string-literal that has an R in the prefix is a raw string literal. The d-char-sequence serves as a delimiter. The terminating d-char-sequence of a raw-string is the same sequence of characters as the initial d-charsequence. A d-char-sequence shall consist of at most 16 characters

http://open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG21/docs/papers/2015/n4527.pdf § 2.13.5 第 28 页

标准中没有给出任何理由,但对我来说,这似乎是完全随机的限制,因为它对分隔符是什么绝对没有影响。

我能找到的关于原始字符串文字的最早提议是 N2146,作者是 Beman Dawes。它包含文本:

The maximum length of d-char-sequence shall be 16 characters.

这似乎是作者强加的任意限制,他可能认为 16 个字符足以在所有情况下创建明确的分隔符序列。

该提案还指出

The terminating d-char-sequence of a raw string literal shall be the same sequence of characters as the initial d-char-sequence

因此,符合规范的实现必须缓冲并处理 d-char-sequence 以确保两个序列匹配。 d-char-sequence 没有任何限制会不必要地增加实现该功能的复杂性。