hamrbl - a cute haml hack to let you write ruby with python-esque whitespace

Did you ever wish your code looked more like your haml?

Did you ever wonder what ruby would be like with python style significant whitespace?

Without further ado, I present hamrbl.rb

	require 'rubygems'
	require 'haml'
	# Put a - char on each line in just the right place.
	# (Need to remove blank lines too, they cause problems)
	haml_source = File.read($0).gsub(/\n+/,"\n").gsub(/^\s*/,'\&-')
	begin
	# Run the file with haml
	Haml::Engine.new(haml_source).render
	rescue Exception => e
	# Spit out the haml source to make it easier to find your error
	puts "FAILED!\n#{haml_source}"
	raise e
	end
	exit
	# Here's a one line version :)
	# Haml::Engine.new(File.read($0).gsub(/\n+/,"\n").gsub(/^\s*/,'\&-')).render; exit

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	#!/usr/bin/ruby -r hamrbl
	# Just a test of hamlrb.rb
	module Singing
	def sing(count=1)
	count.times do |i|
	if %w[tweety bigbird].include? @name.downcase
	puts "#{@name}: 'tweet tweet #{i+1}'"
	else
	puts "#{@name}: 'la la la #{i+1}'"
	class Singer
	include Singing
	def initialize(name)
	@name = name
	# comments are okay :)
	Singer.new('Thom').sing(2)
	Singer.new('Tweety').sing

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	$ ls -l
	total 24
	-rw-r--r-- 1 simon staff 232 17 Nov 21:13 hamrbl.rb
	-rwxr-xr-x 1 simon staff 433 17 Nov 21:56 test.rb
	$ ./test.rb
	Thom: 'la la la 1'
	Thom: 'la la la 2'
	Tweety: 'tweet tweet 1'
	$

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Surprisingly the syntax highlighting works fine in vim and github. :)

Disclaimer: just for fun... this is (almost certainly) a gross misuse of the wonderful haml