From: Mark Wilson <mwilson13@...>
Date: 2003-09-17T08:23:17+09:00
Subject: Re: #{} and \" don't like each other


On Tuesday, September 16, 2003, at 07:04 PM, Peter wrote:

> [snip]
>
> 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.

IANAIE (I am not an interpreter expert), but I think

double-quote as beginning of string literal,
string interpolation open,
double-quote as beginning of string literal,
double-quote as character,
double-quote as character,
double-quote as end of string literal,
string interpolation close, and
end of string literal

is a lot for the interpreter to handle if one also wants to preserve a 
semlance of readability.

> AFAICS, it is grammatically perfectly sound.

I can't tell one way or the other.

Regards,

Mark