From: Jordan Brough <ruby.jordanb@...>
Date: 2009-01-28T22:30:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby 1.8.7: ERB is broken

Comments aren't supported, only comment tags are.

ruby -v -rerb -e 'p ERB.new("<%# test %>foobar").result'

correctly gives 'foobar'. while

ruby -v -rerb -e 'p ERB.new("<% # test %>foobar").result'

gives an empty string (in 1.8.6 and 1.8.7).

Charlie Marx wrote:
> Actually comments will work in 1.8.7, but only with a specific, more 
> limited syntax than shown in the original example above.

> 
> So comments ARE allowed when the whole embedded expression is a comment, 
> 
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