Re: RFC 111 (v1) Whitespace and Here Docs

[Michael G Schwern]

Okay, devil's advocate.

Paragraphs.

    sub legal {
        print <<<FOO
            Attention criminal slacker, we have yet
        to receive payment for our legal services.

                    Love and kisses
        FOO
    }

Obviously stripping all whitespace in this case is wrong, yet its
exactly the kind of thing which you'd want to use <<< for.  You could
prescan for the smallest number of leading whitespace and strip that.
Might be more trouble than its worth.


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