gistfile1.haml

%p
  Blah blah blah blah 
  %a(href='#foo') foo
  and
  %a(href='#bar') bar
  \.

-# The problem with the above Haml fragment is that I am left with a space after <a href='#bar'>bar</a> and before the period.
-# Haml's whitespace removal does not resolve the issue, because it can either remove ALL whitespace
-# around an element or ALL whitespace within an element. Neither option seems to fit the bill.
-# AFAIK from reading the docs, you can't put whitespace removal around the text node either.

-# What's the (preferably clean) solution?

%p
  Blah blah blah blah 
  %a(href='#foo') foo
  and
  <a href='#bar'>bar</a>.

-# works around the issue.