From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2005-03-18T02:38:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Heredoc and array / hash construction syntax error

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On 17 Mar 2005, at 03:16, Relm wrote:

> It may be more readable to put the expression on one line with all the
> heredocs stacked beneath:

I find that type of code gives me rather intense feelings of disgust 
and loathing.

I found such an example in mkmf.rb and it was quite confusing to me, 
because the first here-doc terminators were nearly indistinguishable 
from the rest of the contents of the file.

The biggest problem with beginning multiple here-docs on a single line 
is that you can have no whitespace between the end of the first and the 
beginning of the second unless that whitespace is supposed to be in the 
here-docs.

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