Heredocs in Ruby are quite common, quite flexible, and… somewhat weird. Still, this doesn’t stop people from suggesting more features for them, like this (rejected) proposal for an anonymous heredocs syntax: # regular Ruby code Markdown.render <<~MARKDOWN # Hello there This is a Markdown file. See? 1. This is a list 2. With items 3. And more items MARKDOWN # proposed syntax Markdown.render <<~ # Hello there This is a Markdown file. See? 1. This is a list 2. With items 3. And more items ~>> Even though this proposal didn’t make it, you can get pretty close by just using _ as your heredoc delimiter: Markdown.render <<~_ # Hello there This is a Markdown file. See? 1. This is a list 2. With items 3. And more items _ Looks a bit weird, but it gets the job done. That’s all I have for you today. Keep Ruby weird!

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Ruby developers proposed an anonymous heredoc syntax that would eliminate the need for delimiter names, using `<<~` and `~>>` instead of traditional named delimiters like `<<~MARKDOWN`. While this proposal was rejected, developers can achieve similar brevity by using a single underscore `_` as the delimiter name, creating cleaner-looking heredoc syntax for multi-line strings.

Weird Ruby: Anonymous Heredocs