Multiple multi-line HAML blocks

Question

Using the (intentionally) strange multi-line format for HAML, I\'d like to have the following lines in my template:

= call_to_helper :foo1 => \'bar1\', :f         


        

Answer 1

This is a feature, not a bug. Haml multiline blocks are intentionally unwieldy - including hard to follow one after another - because almost all the time it's better to put that Ruby code into a helper. Even if the helper is only called once, it will make your template much easier to read. For instance:

def blatz_link
  call_to_helper :foo1 => 'bar1', :foo2 => 'bar2', :foo3 => 'bar3',
    :foo4 => 'bar4', :foo5 => 'bar5'
end

def blootz_link
  call_to_helper :foo1 => 'bar1', :foo2 => 'bar2', :foo3 => 'bar3',
    :foo4 => 'bar4', :foo5 => 'bar5'
end

Then in your Haml, just do

= blatz_link
= blootz_link

which will be much more readable and easier to understand.

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If you absolutely must follow one multiline block with another, just add a comment in between:

= call_to_helper :foo1 => 'bar1', :foo2 => 'bar2', :foo3 => 'bar3', |
  :foo4 => 'bar4', :foo5 => 'bar5' |
-#
= call_to_helper :foo1 => 'bar1', :foo2 => 'bar2', :foo3 => 'bar3', |
  :foo4 => 'bar4', :foo5 => 'bar5' |