From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2003-09-17T08:10:20+09:00
Subject: Re: #{} and \" don't like each other

Peter wrote:
> I really don't see the problem with interpreting what I wrote. On
> encountering '#{' in a string literal, anything up to the first unbalanced
> '}' can be interpreted as any general ruby expression, including '\"' in
> string literals within that expression, and after encountering the
> unbalanced '}' the reading of the original string is resumed until the
> closing quote. AFAICS, it is grammatically perfectly sound.

I agree, it seems like a reasonable construction.

> Maybe we should ask Matz...

I think we should. Or we just did.

I wonder if it's one of those things that is made difficult
by the use of yacc?

Hal