ruby flexible quoting adds initial newline that here-doc does not

heredoc.rb

  def test_old_style_here_doc
    here_doc_style = <<WHEE
foo
bar
WHEE
    flexible_quote_style = %{
foo
bar
}

    assert_equal 8, here_doc_style.length
    assert_equal 2, here_doc_style.lines.count
    assert_equal "foo\nbar\n", here_doc_style
    assert_equal 9, flexible_quote_style.length
    assert_equal 3, flexible_quote_style.lines.count    
    assert_equal "\nfoo\nbar\n", flexible_quote_style
  end