From: "trans (Thomas Sawyer)" <transfire@...>
Date: 2012-04-03T05:12:55+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:44087] [ruby-trunk - Feature #6243] Make ERB Ruby's Super Power


Issue #6243 has been updated by trans (Thomas Sawyer).


@kernigh You actually tried it!? Sweet!

Looking it over the error was probably b/c the first `<%=` should not have the `=`.

Of course this was for April Fool's Day. As your code shows Ruby is quite capable of meta-programming without ERB based macro system... albeit not quite as "super"! :)

I note, though, it's not quite useless either. I've used similar idea to update `VERSION =` in version.rb file of some projects before.

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Feature #6243: Make ERB Ruby's Super Power
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/6243#change-25618

Author: trans (Thomas Sawyer)
Status: Open
Priority: Normal
Assignee: 
Category: Joke
Target version: 2.0.0


As a Super Ruby Developer
I want to make Ruby Super Developery
Given wimpy Ruby, coding is arduous:

  class Letters
    def a
      "Aa"
    end

    def b
      "Bb"
    end

    # Oh, dear St. V! It's just too long. I don't want to go on!

Then Super Ruby saves the day!

  class Letters
    <%= ('a'...'z').each do |letter| %>
      def <%= letter %>
        "<%= letter.upcase %><%= letter %>"
      end
    <% end %>
  end

  letters = Letters.new

  letters.a  #=> "Aa"
  letters.b  #=> "Bb"

Imagine the power of `Ruby ** Ruby`! It's like putting Ruby in a phone booth and out pops Ruby with big <S> on chest. And like that, Super Ruby destroys all super villain languages like PHP!

And you can't reject b/c this issue is all Gherkin which makes it legit.


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