From: Nobuyoshi Nakada Date: 2010-04-19T14:05:07+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:29618] Re: [Bug #3163] SyntaxError when using variable which is also a method in current scope with a Symbol argument Hi, At Sun, 18 Apr 2010 14:26:00 +0900, Kornelius Kalnbach wrote in [ruby-core:29594]: > > The small improvement in readability didn't seem worth the trouble to > > me. But to my surprise, nobu just went ahead and implemented it. I'm > > still wondering about the general case. > I'm surprised, too. I thought at most, a change would be made in Ruby > 2.0. My argument was pro-discussion, not pro-change. In general, ruby's binary operators need spaces in both side to be balanced. So I think they are unintended exceptions, in short mere bugs. -- Nobu Nakada