From: Anthony DeRobertis Date: 2006-02-28T04:21:02+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby Whitespace Semantics Avdi Grimm wrote: > (4 + > 5) > > This gives the reader a visual hint that the expression is incomplete, > and > continues onto the next line. Ruby just uses the same heuristic that > a human reader would use. Well, when I work in languages other than Ruby (not in ruby, of course, because its a syntax error), I've always found: foo = a + b + c ... + z more readable myself, but I'm probably just a weirdo.