From: Frank Church <voipfc@...>
Date: 2007-07-22T05:18:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Help needed with this ERB code

On 21/07/07, Frank Church <voipfc@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Is there any code in this ERB snippet that causes text after the EOF
> to be included in the template.
>
> Unless my understanding of ERB is inadequate there has to be some bug in it.
> It has me at my wit's end.
>
> =============
>
> template = ERB.new <<-EOF
>
>      # rsync push mode
>
>      #rsync_push_command check
>
>      # <%= rsync_push_command %>
>
>      # rsync_forced_command
>      # <%= rsync_forced_command %>
>      #
>
> EOF
>
> some program code here
>
> =====
> After execution the text "some program code here" appears in the
> template's output
>
> Are there some circumstances under which ERB goes haywire?
>
> Is there an alternate syntax to the ERB.NEW <<-EOF ... EOF syntax for
> when the text is on multiple lines. - Frank
>


Is there some way the ERB internal stack or whatever can be reset
between calls to ensure that there is nothing left in there to cause
errors.