by jimteeuwen:

What steps will reproduce the problem?
Run the code below through gofmt: gofmt -w test.go

What is the expected output?
package main

type T struct {
    V string
}

func main() {
    _ = T {
        `some test string spanning one line`,
    }

    _ = T {
        `some test string spanning
        multiple lines`,
    }
}

What do you see instead?
package main

type T struct {
    V string
}

func main() {
    _ = T {
        `some test string spanning one line`,
    }

    _ = T {
`some test string spanning
        multiple lines`,
    }
}

Which compiler are you using (5g, 6g, 8g, gccgo)?
6g

Which operating system are you using?
64 bit linux

Which revision are you using?  (hg identify)
3b4e9c85b643 weekly/weekly.2011-03-15