From: David Alan Black <dblack@...>
Date: 2002-01-05T22:47:02+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:30285] Re: Indentation (was: should I use ruby instead of perl)

Hi --

On Sat, 5 Jan 2002, Mark Hahn wrote:

> All six ends could be left off with no ambiguity.  The EOE is grouped into a
> string at a low level, so it is parsed seperately from the outer code.  The
> first three ends would be added by the parser when the string eval happens
> and the last three at the main eval.
>
> You must admit that 6 ends in a row conveys no information to the reader.
> That is my definition of noise.  If you think that use of the vertical space
> is "prettier", then I cannot argue with that.

No, not prettier.  (Well, yes, but that's not directly relevant :-)
For me, it's clearer.  I'd even go so far as to say that it conveys
information to me.  I have trouble getting my bearings in something
like:

  module Outer
    class Thing
      def initialize
        instance_eval <<EOE
        def some_method
          class << self
            def other_method
              puts "hi"
EOE

But that's just how my brain works (or doesn't), I guess :-)


David

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