From: Yukihiro Matsumoto Date: 2009-09-23T18:26:44+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:25730] Re: [Bug #2131] f(not x) => syntax error Hi, In message "Re: [ruby-core:25713] [Bug #2131] f(not x) => syntax error" on Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:13:06 +0900, "James M. Lawrence" writes: |This should have been classified as a feature request. | |Since (not x) is legal syntax, it is my opinion that f(not x) should be legal. So, do you mean a,b,c = 1,2,3 is legal syntax, should we allow f(a,b,c = 1,2,3) ? In fact, it's matter of precedence, kinda difficult to "fix". matz.