hamrbl: write ruby with python style whitespace (a haml hack)

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. :)

Ps, it's pronounced "hammerable"

Disclaimer: This is for amusement purposes only. It is almost certainly a terrible misuse of Haml :).