I tend to agree with you about PoLS, Nathan. I'm always forgetting to use the ~. I'd like to see it happen automatically, personally.
Though, Hampton and I rarely agree ;-) /Jeff On 5-May-07, at 4:44 PM, Nathan Weizenbaum wrote: > > It seems to me like an issue of principle of least surprise. We get a > lot of questions like "How do I preserve whitespace?" or more > tellingly > "My whitespace isn't being preserved!" People aren't discovering ~ on > their own - they're expecting it to Just Work. Which is what it > should do. > > Ideally, you shouldn't have to remember anything at all. It should / > all/ > Just Work. This may not be feasible, but we should work towards it as > much as possible. > > - Nathan > > Hampton wrote: >> Eh, I like it the way it is. >> >> Its a momentary 'gotya' but you quickly get over it and the solution >> is efficient and easy to implement. Its an extra thing to learn, >> but I >> don't really mind that. I think it's just the nature of the problem. >> I'd rather think I always have to ~ if I want to preserve whitespace >> than to have to remember what is preserved in this version. >> >> -hampton. >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
