From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2007-05-30T08:37:28+09:00
Subject: Re: How to adopt "Python Style" indentation for Ruby



On May 29, 3:50 pm, Brad Phelan <bradphe...@xtargets.com> wrote:
> > This is absurdly cool. How does it work?
>
> > Oh I get it:
>
> >> The trick to the new version is to use the __END__ keyword
> >> to block the Ruby scanner and then reload the current file after
> >> doing the preprocessing.
>
> > That's awesome! Sick and wrong in the best possible way. And **simple!**
>
> Sick, wrong and simple but unfortunately not my idea. There is a library
> hanging around called hyphen-ruby which showed me the dark path.
>
> B

Actually you can do this without even using the __END__. pyrb.rb can
exit the process so it will never reach the rest of the original file.

T.