parser: Fix line continuation outside of (), [] or {}

The documentation states: "In other cases you can get multi-line
statements by ending the line with a \." but that seems to never have
worked.

Closes: #4720

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/test cases/common/210 line continuation/meson.build b/test cases/common/210 line continuation/meson.build
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+project('line continuation')
+
+a = 1
+b = 2
+
+c = a \
++b
+assert(c == 3, 'Line continuation is not working')
+
+d = a + \
+  b
+assert(d == 3, 'Line continuation is not working')
+
+if a == 1 and \
+   b == 3
+  error('Line continuation in "if" condition is not working')
+endif