is a for .. do list newline sensitive ?

[alex xmb sw ratchev]

i have along other code ..

  for p in
"$f"{,.d}
  do
 [[ -e "$f" ]] &&
mv "$p"{,."$r"}
 done

it said

mah: line 13: syntax error near unexpected token `"$f"{,.d}'
mah: line 13: `"$f"{,.d}'

i changed to not so many newlines , .. worked ..

i report , cause i dunno if its some bug .. that err msg

greets