# GitHub Kotlin parser doesn't work with raw string

**URL:** <https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/github-kotlin-parser-doesnt-work-with-raw-string/2547>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 5, 2017, 11:17am UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/github-kotlin-parser-doesnt-work-with-raw-string/2547 "2017-05-05T11:17:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ice1000](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.kotlinlang.org/ice1000/32/1981_2.png) [@ice1000](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/u/ice1000)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 11:17am UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/github-kotlin-parser-doesnt-work-with-raw-string/2547/1 "2017-05-05T11:17:36Z")

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My code here:

> <https://github.com/lice-lang/lice/blob/master/src/test/kotlin/org/lice/FeatureTest.kt>

It compiles successfully but GitHub doesn’t highlight it correctly.

I guess it’s because Kotllin treat `"""""""` as a single `\"` character, while github parser consider it as an illegal string which is an empty string and an additional `"` symbol.

It’s not so important for me so whether to fix it depends on the GitHub maintainers or the Kotlin team.

Sorry for my English.

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**Author:** ![ice1000](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.kotlinlang.org/ice1000/32/1981_2.png) [@ice1000](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/u/ice1000)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 11:32am UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/github-kotlin-parser-doesnt-work-with-raw-string/2547/2 "2017-05-05T11:32:11Z")

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Emacs Kotlin-mode works fine.