From: Nobuyoshi Nakada <nobu@...>
Date: 2011-11-09T14:44:17+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:40875] [ruby-trunk - Bug #5571][Rejected] Syntax Error when put String eql? with logical operation ("||") or "("&&")


Issue #5571 has been updated by Nobuyoshi Nakada.

Category set to core
Status changed from Open to Rejected

Yes, because command call (method call without parentheses) has lower precedence than || operator.
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Bug #5571: Syntax Error when put String eql? with logical operation ("||") or "("&&")
http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/5571

Author: Yongjun Rong
Status: Rejected
Priority: Normal
Assignee: 
Category: core
Target version: 
ruby -v: ruby 2.0.0dev (2011-11-04 trunk 33634) [x86_64-darwin10.8.0]


There has a syntax error when try to connect two string eqls?  with the logical operation ("||") and ("&&") as below
{code}
ruby-head :001 > test="test"
 => "test" 
ruby-head :002 > puts test.eql?("test") || test.eql?("test1")
true
 => nil 
ruby-head :003 > puts test.eql?"test" || test.eql?"test1"
SyntaxError: (irb):3: syntax error, unexpected tSTRING_BEG, expecting $end
puts test.eql?"test" || test.eql?"test1"
                                  ^
	from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-head/bin/irb:16:in `<main>'
ruby-head :004 > puts (test.eql?("test") || test.eql?("test1"))
true
 => nil 
ruby-head :005 > puts (test.eql?"test" || test.eql?"test1")
SyntaxError: (irb):5: syntax error, unexpected tSTRING_BEG, expecting ')'
puts (test.eql?"test" || test.eql?"test1")
                                   ^
(irb):5: syntax error, unexpected ')', expecting $end
	from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-head/bin/irb:16:in `<main>'
ruby-head :006 >
{code}


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