From: Douglas Livingstone <rampant@...>
Date: 2005-04-23T22:14:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Clean way to dynamically expand string with "#{expression}"?

On 4/23/05, dm1 <dmertz@online.de> wrote:
> >
> > Many interpolation code, including mine and several people
> > suggested will break if '"' or certain string is contained
> > in string to interpolate.
> >
> > Practically, it doesn't need to be perfect, but it was my
> > technical interest that there may be better way to do it.
> > Above code is cleaner and more robust, so I'll go with it.
> > Thanks for the pointer.
> >
> 
> I do share that technical interest. I really wonder if there is a one liner
> for 'perfect interpolation on demand'. Everything i can think of is a bit
> longer. Let the quest continue :)
> 

The perfection might look something like this:

"string with #{data}" == 'string with #{data}'.interpolate

"abc" would just be syntax sugar for 'abc'.interpolate

I don't know how to express that in ruby though :(

Douglas