[SVN] Improving the Ruby Syntax

[Allan Odgaard]

On Mar 8, 2005, at 5:05, Chris Thomas wrote:

> So I'm curious, then. Could I do something like, for example:
>
> /* HERE document containing Ruby code ("doc=<<END # mode Ruby") */
> begin = "(?=<<(\\w+))\\s+#\\s*mode\\s+[Rr]uby"; end = "^\\1";
> include = "source.ruby"
> ...

Yes, though it should be:

/* HERE document containing Ruby code ("doc=<<END # mode Ruby") */
begin = "<<(\\w+)\\s+#\\s*mode\\s+[Rr]uby"; end = "^\\1";
patterns = ( { include = "source.ruby"; } );
...

I.e. no look-ahead assertion in the begin-pattern, and the include done 
as the first sub-rule.