From: Brad Phelan <bradphelan@...>
Date: 2007-05-30T14:00:16+09:00
Subject: Re: How to adopt "Python Style" indentation for Ruby

Trans wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 
>


I don't think that will work. I believe that Ruby will syntax check the 
entire file before trying to execute any of it.

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