The character would be used in a totally different context for totally different results (granted, they'd be thematically related, but that's it), effectively adding a new character. It's no different than if you suggested @ or something to mean "Don't put whitespace." And, again, there are already other, better ways to do this.
- Nathan On 2/9/07, weepy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > the pipe solution i outlined above doesn't add any different > characters, it just extends the functionality of the | operator > slightly > > > On Feb 9, 9:30 pm, "Nathan Weizenbaum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That seems like a very awkward solution to a problem that already has > other > > solutions. Adding more significant characters is something we want to > stay > > away from unless it adds significant additional functionality, and I > just > > don't see this doing so. > > > > - Nathan > > > > On 2/9/07, Doug McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > What about this? > > > > > %p > > > I went to the > > > =- @location > > > , so crossed the road > > > > > or some other marker to swallow whitespace? Haven't really thought > > > that through (no coffee yet). > > > > > On Feb 9, 8:12 am, Nathan Weizenbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > One problem with this is that, while HTML doesn't register the > content > > > > or type of whitespace, it does register the /existance/ of > whitespace, > > > > so you end up with a space between @location and the comma. It will > > > > render as "I went to the store , so crossed the road," which looks a > > > > little awkward. > > > > > > - Nathan > > > > > > weepy wrote: > > > > > having quoted my example, i actually end up doing : > > > > > > > %p > > > > > I went to the > > > > > = @location > > > > > , so crossed the road > > > > > > > since the newlines within the p tag do not render as newlines. I > know > > > > > some purist might not like this, but its fine for me > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Haml" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/haml?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
