From: nobu.nokada@...
Date: 2003-01-16T17:33:18+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby-dev summary 19198-19345

Hi,

At Thu, 16 Jan 2003 14:08:58 +0900,
Gavin Sinclair wrote:
> I think I might start using that more often.  It's nice, and it's
> easier to chain.  e.g. with an appropriate String#tabto(n) method (a
> la StringFormattingFunctions on the Wiki), you can resolve the
> indentation like so:
> 
>    s = %Q{
>      hi
>        how are you?
>    }.tabto(0)
> 
> Which gives "\nhi\n  how are you?\n".  That code would highlight fine,
> whereas using here-docs can sometimes be troublesome.
> 
> One difference between this and a here-doc is the initial newline,
> which is a shame.

One more difference.  tabto strips after string interpolcation,
whereas here-doc does before it. 

  hi = "  hi"
  s0 = %q{
      #{hi}
         how are you?
  }.tabto(0)
  # => "\nhi\nhow are you?\n"

  s1 = <<|EOS
         |#{hi}
         |  how are you?
  EOS
  # => "\n  hi\n  how are you?\n"

-- 
Nobu Nakada