Hi -- On Sun, 11 Sep 2005, Jay Levitt wrote: > In article <Pine.LNX.4.61.0509101649240.26048 / dblack.wobblini.net>, > dblack / wobblini.net says... >> I like ERB to behave >> in the consistent, non-special-cased way it now does, which is >> perfectly straightforward given how method calls work in Ruby (which >> is a matter of public record :-) I also don't like the idea of >> changing things around in the language because the changes would suit >> a given application, project, or framework > > Then maybe the answer would be for ActionPack to override the behavior > of puts while parsing a view..? That might make everyone happy, ya? I think you're making too much of this perceived separation between people who don't like the magic puts/print idea, and people who use Rails. I am living proof that there is no such separation :-) My dislike of the magic puts/print applies to its use in ActionPack templates as much as anywhere else. I just don't think it's a good idea to single these methods out for anomalous behavior in templates. David -- David A. Black dblack / wobblini.net