Ruby Whitespace Semantics

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Matz has said that

a = (4
       +5)

will be supported in 1.9.

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--
Jim Freeze

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Quoting Jim Freeze <jim@freeze.org>:

Matz has said that

a = (4
       +5)

Hmm. What about

a = ( 4 ; + 5 )

?

I won't be heartbroken if it isn't, but I'm just wondering about the
implications for the grammar...

-mental

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<mental@rydia.net> wrote in message
news:1141059171.44032e636f879@www.rydia.net...

Hmm. What about
a = ( 4 ; + 5 )

It should be a syntax error.

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Why? The semantics seem perfectly clear.

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On Feb 27, 2006, at 2:03 PM, Mark Wilden wrote:

<mental@rydia.net> wrote in message
news:1141059171.44032e636f879@www.rydia.net...

Hmm. What about
a = ( 4 ; + 5 )

It should be a syntax error.

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Quoting Mark Wilden <mark@mwilden.com>:

>Hmm. What about
> a = ( 4 ; + 5 )

It should be a syntax error.

Ruby has an unary +...

-mental

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Mark Wilden wrote:

<mental@rydia.net> wrote in message news:1141059171.44032e636f879@www.rydia.net...

Hmm. What about
a = ( 4 ; + 5 )

It should be a syntax error.

Why/how?

Hal