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 ~>...