HEREDOC statements (And the EE Dev Guidelines)

[eluser]maadmac[/eluser]
[quote author="awpti" date="1199527546"]Is this statement from the EE Addon Dev Guidelines just blatantly wrong or is this only true in the EE Development env?[/quote]

Good question. Derek?

If so, they've contradicted themselves, inasmuch as both the EE forum and membership modules consist of virtually nothing but returned HEREDOC strings...