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Created January 10, 2010 20:07
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>> array_of_long_pasted_in_strings = [<<FOO, <<BAR, <<BLATZ]
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
FOO
Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum
BAR
I recently discovered that I can use multiple heredocs as parameters.
Isn't that neat? Because almost nothing needs to be escaped with heredocs, I prefer to use it when strings are pasted in from elsewhere. Because the syntax for using it inside parameter lists is so nice, I prefer to use it whenever a multiline string literal is being passed into something as an argument.
BLATZ
=> ["Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.\n", "Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum\n", "I recently discovered that I can use multiple heredocs as parameters.\nIsn't that neat? Because almost nothing needs to be escaped with heredocs, I prefer to use it when strings are pasted in from elsewhere. Because the syntax for using it inside parameter lists is so nice, I prefer to use it whenever a multiline string literal is being passed into something as an argument.\n"]
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