From: Chris Pine <nemo@...>
Date: 2003-01-15T12:49:12+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby-dev summary 19198-19345

I like it, too.

I think I like the Perl way better, but either way is nicer than none at
all.

:)

Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Carrera" <dcarrera@math.umd.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 6:56 PM
Subject: Re: ruby-dev summary 19198-19345


Come to think of it, this feature *is* really useful.  I'd like to see it
implemented.

Cheers,
Daniel Carrera
Graduate Teaching Assistant.  Math Dept.
University of Maryland.  (301) 405-5137

On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Gavin Sinclair wrote:

> On Wednesday, January 15, 2003, 12:36:43 PM, Daniel wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Gavin Sinclair wrote:
>
> >> >     p <<-|EOS
> >> >       |  foo
> >> >       |    bar
> >> >     EOS
> >> >     # => "  foo\n    bar\n".
> > [snip]
> >> Anyway.  I want this functionality so bad I can taste it.
>
> > Gavin, maybe I'm missing something but I'm not sure I understand the
> > usefulness of this.  The only example I can think of where I might like
> > this is when I have lots of indentation:
>
> > def function
> >     if (condition)
> >        p <<-|EOH
> >           |Blah blah blah
> >           |Blah blah blah
> >        EOH
> >     end
> > end
>
> Well, that's a good example!  Here-documents can come up anywhere.
>
> > Is this the purpose of this feature?  Or am I missing something?
>
> Even with little/no indentation, the proposed feature would be useful
> to me.  I usually indent code in posts, but here will put is as if it
> were in a Ruby program.
>
> USAGE =<<-|EOU
>   |Usage: froboz [-q] [-o DIR] files...
>   |  -q: quiet operation
>   |  -o: output to DIR
>   |
>   |(c) 2003 Widgets Co
> EOU
>
> --------- vs ---------
>
> USAGE =<<-EOU
> Usage: froboz [-q] [-o DIR] files...
>   -q: quiet operation
>   -o: output to DIR
>
> (c) 2003 Widgets Co
> EOU
>
>
> Being able to indent you text gives the same benefit as all
> indentation: highlights code structure.
>
> Gavin
>
>
>