module Haml::Helpers

*angry*

Produces:

%strong angry
= surround '*' do

and

(chicken)

Produces:

%a{:href => "food"} chicken
= surround '(', ')' do

For example:
with no whitespace in between.
Surrounds the given block of Haml code with the given characters,

def surround(front, back = nil, &block)
  back ||= front
  output = capture_haml(&block)
  "#{front}#{output.chomp}#{back}\n"
end