From: Austin Ziegler <halostatue@...>
Date: 2006-06-27T00:24:35+09:00
Subject: Re: end_eval

On 6/26/06, Brad Chase <bachase@gmail.com> wrote:
> Trying to teach myself some metaprogramming and have been sifting
> through the rails source.  I often see:
> module_eval << -end_eval
>    stuff to add
> end_eval
>
> I understand what this does, but I'm curious what part of the language
> the -end_eval construct is coming from.

module_eval <<-EOS
  string-of-stuff-to-add
EOS

It's what's called a heredoc.

-austin
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