You can explain that it is just like in English. You don't put a space before the dot at the end of a sentence, but you put one after.
You can say that this is the same rule for the Ruby language, but that it does allow you not put one after. On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 8:09 PM, Sarah Allen <[email protected]> wrote: > interesting. This is more a Ruby question than a Shoes question, but how > would one explain (to a young novice programmer) why it is ok to have a > space after and not before? Is it just kind of arbitrary, or is there some > rationale? I must admit, that I haven't really explored the rules around > whitespace for Ruby, since I'm relatively new to it myself. They may never > ask... I'm just curious. > > Sarah > > On May 15, 2009, at 10:14 PM, Roy Wright wrote: > > Hugh Sasse wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 15 May 2009, Sarah Allen wrote: >>> >>> - Errors for which the error messages were hard to figure out >>>> Shoes. app (note: they are trained to put a space after the period) >>>> also >>>> Shoes . app >>>> >>> >>> The first is acceptable ruby: I recall seeing lines split after a '.' >>> on Ruby-Talk (possibly from the late Guy Decoux). >>> I point this out because it is an interesting failure mode which >>> may tell us something useful. >>> I can verify this for Ruby 1.8.7's IRB >>> >>> 13:32:36$ irb >>> irb(main):001:0> (3 * 7). to_s >>> => "21" >>> irb(main):002:0> (3 * 7). >>> irb(main):003:0* to_s >>> => "21" >>> irb(main):004:0> >>> >>> But I don't have a 1.9.1 on any machines yet, so can't tell you if >>> that has changed. >>> >> >> royw-gentoo ~ # ruby --version >> ruby 1.9.1p0 (2009-01-30 revision 21907) [i686-linux] >> royw-gentoo ~ # irb --version >> irb 0.9.5(05/04/13) >> royw-gentoo ~ # irb >> irb(main):001:0> (3 * 7).to_s >> => "21" >> irb(main):002:0> (3 * 7). to_s >> => "21" >> irb(main):003:0> (3 * 7) . to_s >> => "21" >> irb(main):004:0> (3 * 7). >> irb(main):005:0* to_s >> => "21" >> >> >> HTH, >> Roy >> > > http://www.ultrasaurus.com > > > >
