From: dblack@...
Date: 2003-01-16T01:05:19+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby-dev summary 19198-19345

Hi --

On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Dave Thomas wrote:

> Matt Armstrong wrote:
> > I just though, why not "<<|FOO".  In other words, the '-' in there
> > doesn't serve much purpose.
> >
> > s = <<|FOO
> >       |this
> >       | is
> >       |  my
> >       |   text
> >       FOO
> >
> >
>
> In fact, neither does the 'FOO'
>
>     s  = <<|Now is the time
>            | For all good men
>            |    to code Ruby
>     p s.length
>
> So any line that _doesn't_ start with the given delimiter (ignoring
> leading whitespace) ends the string.

That's the first variation on this idea that doesn't look cluttered
and/or confusing to me.


David

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