"Useless syntax sugar": Numbered block parameters in Ruby

Re:"Useless syntax sugar": Numbered block parameters in Ruby by hk__2 on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @02:12PM (#37848136)

If the author is around here, could they explain their use of <blockquote>s? They appear to be used to introduce comments inside the text, but that’s really a confusing markup.

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Re:"Useless syntax sugar": Numbered block parameters in Ruby by zverok on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @02:42PM (#37848557)

Ugh, never thought about that this way!

I believe it is a habit back from my journalistic days, when there were "insets" besides the main text with "things that deserve mentioning here, but kinda out of the main flow... but more related to it than footnotes." I miss the richness of markup of paper magazines!

Does it harm the reading experience significantly?

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Re:"Useless syntax sugar": Numbered block parameters in Ruby by Kerrick on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @02:48PM (#37848641)

<aside> would be appropriate for that use case in HTML.

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