VCard: Parse Error with multiline list-type notes about vobject HOT 2 CLOSED

It's got to do with \n-, newline and dash. The regex fails. When I enter an additional whitespace in between, it works. But I think it should be possible to start a line in notes with -.

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This is actually happening because of how docstrings (multi-line strings) work with newlines. If I read that same vCard in from a file, it works just fine. What happens is that the newlines get interpreted before vObject has a chance to read in the lines, so your vCard looks like this:

BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
PRODID:-//Apple Inc.//Mac OS X 10.11.3//EN
N:XXX;;;
FN:XX XX
EMAIL;type=INTERNET;type=HOME;type=pref:[email protected]
TEL;type=CELL;type=VOICE;type=pref:+4915773321986
ADR;type=HOME;type=pref:;;;Berlin;Berlin;;Germany
BDAY:1986-11-17
UID:e0355606-117f-4388-bb6d-eda3a1f6449d
X-ABUID:E0355606-117F-4388-BB6D-EDA3A1F6449D:ABPerson
NOTE:- List1
- List2      # THIS LINE IS INVALID
- List3
END:VCARD

which is obviously invalid due to the line I pointed out.

If you want to perform the operation like you do above (using a multi-line string), you need to escape all of your newlines in your NOTE property with an extra backslash so they look like \\n.

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