From: Simon Strandgaard <neoneye@...>
Date: 2004-03-17T21:14:35+09:00
Subject: Re: why use heredoc in doublequotes?

On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 09:12:23 +0100, Robert Klemme wrote:

> 
> "Simon Strandgaard" <neoneye@adslhome.dk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:pan.2004.03.16.19.37.24.107822@adslhome.dk...
>> When you can do like this:
>>
>> server> ruby a.rb
>> "im some text\n"
>> server> cat a.rb
>> str = <<TEXT.squeeze("o")
>> im soooome text
>> TEXT
>> p str
>> server>
>>
>>
>> What is the rationale for doing <<"TEXT"  ?
>>
>> Have I misunderstood it?
> 
> IMHO "<<TEXT" is equivalent to <<TEXT with the only difference that you
> can use white space in the delimiter (see example d):
[snip]
> irb(main):024:0> d=<<"HERE AM I"
> irb(main):025:0" 5+2=#{5+2}
> irb(main):026:0" HERE AM I
> => "5+2=7\n"
>

Space the final frontier...
Thanks Robert for clearing that out  ;-)


However I see doublequoted heredocs everywhere.. I don't think
there is a common understanding of what it does (yet).

--
Simon Strandgaard