From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2012-07-25T02:52:07+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:46735] Re: [ruby-trunk - Feature #4840] Allow returning from require





On Jul 23, 2012, at 7:42 PM, Trans <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:

> why not deprecate __END__? Is there some really
> important use case that we just can't live without? The whole idea strikes me as rather hackish, especially considering it is limited to main file.

I infrequently use __END__ for single-file scripts. It's easier to transport a single file with embedded data than two or more files.