From: Ibrahim Tencer <landofdreams@...> Date: 2012-03-12T23:52:45+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:43247] [ruby-trunk - Bug #6132][Open] Assignments don't happen correctly in "if" modifiers Issue #6132 has been reported by Ibrahim Tencer. ---------------------------------------- Bug #6132: Assignments don't happen correctly in "if" modifiers https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/6132 Author: Ibrahim Tencer Status: Open Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: Target version: ruby -v: ruby 1.9.3p0 (2011-10-30 revision 33570) [x86_64-darwin11.0.0] This works: if lo = 3 la = lo end but this does not: (la = lo) if (lo = 3) It raises "NameError: undefined local variable or method `lo' for main:Object." But if you look at the values afterwards you get lo -> 3, la -> nil. -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/