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src/lexer.zig

@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ pub const Lexer = struct {
             return self.lexString(start);
         }
 
-        // Backtick (multi-line) string literals
-        if (c == '`') {
-            return self.lexBacktickString(start);
-        }
 
         // Directives: #import, #insert, #run, #builtin, #foreign, #library, #string
         if (c == '#') {
@@ -272,22 +268,6 @@ pub const Lexer = struct {
         return self.makeToken(.invalid, start, self.index);
     }
 
-    fn lexBacktickString(self: *Lexer, start: u32) Token {
-        self.index += 1; // skip opening `
-        while (self.index < self.source.len) {
-            const ch = self.source[self.index];
-            if (ch == '`') {
-                self.index += 1;
-                return self.makeToken(.string_literal, start, self.index);
-            }
-            if (ch == '\\') {
-                self.index += 1; // skip escape
-            }
-            self.index += 1;
-        }
-        // Unterminated string
-        return self.makeToken(.invalid, start, self.index);
-    }
 
     /// Lex a #string heredoc. Called after "#string" has been matched.
     /// Syntax: #string DELIM\n...content...\nDELIM
@@ -491,28 +471,12 @@ test "lex string" {
     try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("\"Hello\"", tok.slice("\"Hello\""));
 }
 
-test "lex backtick string" {
-    const source: [:0]const u8 = "`Hello`";
+test "lex multiline string" {
+    const source: [:0]const u8 = "\"line1\nline2\nline3\"";
     var lex = Lexer.init(source);
     const tok = lex.next();
     try std.testing.expectEqual(Tag.string_literal, tok.tag);
-    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("`Hello`", tok.slice(source));
-}
-
-test "lex backtick multiline string" {
-    const source: [:0]const u8 = "`line1\nline2\nline3`";
-    var lex = Lexer.init(source);
-    const tok = lex.next();
-    try std.testing.expectEqual(Tag.string_literal, tok.tag);
-    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("`line1\nline2\nline3`", tok.slice(source));
-}
-
-test "lex backtick string with escape" {
-    const source: [:0]const u8 = "`hello\\`world`";
-    var lex = Lexer.init(source);
-    const tok = lex.next();
-    try std.testing.expectEqual(Tag.string_literal, tok.tag);
-    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("`hello\\`world`", tok.slice(source));
+    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("\"line1\nline2\nline3\"", tok.slice(source));
 }
 
 test "lex #string heredoc" {