the code <% # some code %>
will not cause any error, but the code <%= # some code %> will cause an error. the argument is that the second statement is like output << and so it is an error. But I think since puts "hello" and puts both can run and cause no error, why not make <%= # some code %> not cause any error too? If we have a language / platform that will cause an error when we just comment out code, it is a big issue in the long term, since usually when we comment out something, we won't easily cause a problem and may have a hard time finding what the cause is. for sure, we can change it to <% # some code %> but we lose the note there that we were going to output the content. When we uncomment the code, we don't know for sure whether it should be <% %> or <%= %> and is prone to mistake again. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
