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Switch from Scala String + comma separated values syntax to whitespace delimited list  #1954

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@bishabosha

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
To improve the ability to copy-paste snippets, such as compiler options.

Describe the solution you'd like
implement changes in the directives parser so that

//> using options "-Xasync", "-Xfatal-warnings"

can be written as

//> using options -Xasync -Xfatal-warnings

Quotes can still be used for when a value needs to include whitespace, with the same escape characters for scala strings.

Here is a larger example:

//> using scala 3.2.2
//> using toolkit latest
//> using options -Xfatal-warnings -Yexplicit-nulls -Ysafe-init -source:future
//> using dep com.lihaoyi::cask:0.9.0
//> using some.key "I have spaces"

We do not anticipate issues in adapting scala/vscode-scala-syntax to support the new syntax. Additionally, values are still of string type.

Describe alternatives you've considered
no alternative considered.

Additional context
Since directives will not become scala syntax, there is no need to reuse the same rules as the scala parser.

Discussed at the Scala Tooling Summit March 2023

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