[Feature Request]: Splitting a long string into several lines using '\'

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My request simply is to make this syntax valid, and I still don't understand why was this not added at the very beginning:

message('this string isn\'t meant to be multiline, I just \
want to split my long strings into several lines so my meson \
file looks cleaner and my lines don't exceed 80 characters')

I have noticed that in some of the docs, what follows is taken from this one, this method is used, although it lacks simplicity and practicality:

# ...
option('long_desc', type : 'string', value : 'optval',
       description : 'An option with a very long description' +
                     'that does something in a specific context') # Since 0.55.0

Why would one force themselves to use this syntax? The + between just makes things look more complicated.