Ken Bloom wrote:
> On Sat, 07 Apr 2007 04:07:16 +0900, Tim Pease wrote:
> 
>> On 4/6/07, talkin ruby <rubytalk.heidmotron / gmail.com> wrote:
>>> just wondering if you could do something like this...
>>>
>>> ERB.new( some_erb_string ).result  #  '<%= result %>'  another erb
>>> template
>>>
>>> so that way the result could be processed by another ERB.new
>>>
>>>
>> You are an evil and twisted individual!  ;)
>>
>> To answer your question, though, sure!  ERb can do that.
>>
>> require 'erb'
>>
>> @blah = '<%= @not_blah %>'
>> ERB.new( "blah <%= @blah %>" ).result    #=>  "blah <%= @not_blah %>"
> 
> If you really want to be evil and twisted, what's the smallest self-
> reproducing erb program you can write that doesn't read its own file.
> 
> The following solution is illegal:
> <%= open(__FILE__){|f| f.read} %>
I think you mean "what's the smallest non-trivial self-reproducing erb 
program...":

irb(main):012:0> ERB.new(' ').result
=> " "
irb(main):013:0> ERB.new('').result
=> ""

:-)

-- 
Alex