hereDoc syntax tweak

[determin1st]

What do you think about some utilizer of:

hereDoc = (f) ->
  f = f.toString!
  a = f.indexOf '/*'
  b = f.lastIndexOf '*/'
  return f.substring a + 2, b - 1 .trim!

sample = hereDoc !->
  /*
  <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 100 100">
    <circle style="stroke:black; fill:none;" cx="50" cy="50" r="49"/>
    <circle style="stroke:none; fill:none;" cx="50" cy="50" r="46"/>
    <path style="stroke:none; fill:gray;" d="M64 17c0-1-1-2-2-2H38c-1 0-2 1-2 2v19H17c-1 0-2 1-2 2v24c0 1 1 2 2 2h19v19c0 1 1 2 2 2h24c1 0 2-1 2-2V64h19c1 0 2-1 2-2V38c0-1-1-2-2-2H64V17z"/>
    <path style="stroke:none; fill:none;" d="M81 60H62c-1 0-2 1-2 2v19H40V62c0-1-1-2-2-2H19V40h19c1 0 2-1 2-2V19h20v19c0 1 1 2 2 2h19v20z"/>
  </svg>
  */

imo, it's a better version of heredoc, because you dont need to refine/escape any special character combinations.

[rhendric]

Well, that's clever, and if it works for you, great. But bear in mind that you're losing the ability to express the character combination */ at all, since escape sequences won't work. Triple-quoted strings also handle indented contents more gracefully than this approach will.