From b93e2223300bc54dfa387ffb9fa3d48ecbe670f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "NARUSE, Yui" Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 12:04:46 +0900 Subject: merge revision(s) e7342e76dfd26237c604e42f9a59a1eaa578c94e: [Backport #19485] [Bug #19485] [DOC] Mention tabs in indentation of heredoc identifier Co-Authored-By: sawa (Tsuyoshi Sawada) --- doc/syntax/literals.rdoc | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) --- doc/syntax/literals.rdoc | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/syntax') diff --git a/doc/syntax/literals.rdoc b/doc/syntax/literals.rdoc index 5e10e6a140..b641433249 100644 --- a/doc/syntax/literals.rdoc +++ b/doc/syntax/literals.rdoc @@ -277,6 +277,12 @@ the content. Note that empty lines and lines consisting solely of literal tabs and spaces will be ignored for the purposes of determining indentation, but escaped tabs and spaces are considered non-indentation characters. +For the purpose of measuring an indentation, a horizontal tab is regarded as a +sequence of one to eight spaces such that the column position corresponding to +its end is a multiple of eight. The amount to be removed is counted in terms +of the number of spaces. If the boundary appears in the middle of a tab, that +tab is not removed. + A heredoc allows interpolation and escaped characters. You may disable interpolation and escaping by surrounding the opening identifier with single quotes: -- cgit v1.2.3