From: "nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)" <nobu@...> Date: 2013-04-09T15:36:16+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:54130] [ruby-trunk - Bug #8239] Inline rescue bug Issue #8239 has been updated by nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada). Priority changed from High to Normal Not only this case, some assignments can't include rescue clause, e.g.: x = 1 x += raise rescue 2 makes x 3, while x = [1] x[0] += raise rescue 2 doesn't change x. It would be possible to make them consistent all, but obviously causes an incompatibility. ---------------------------------------- Bug #8239: Inline rescue bug https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/8239#change-38383 Author: dunric (David Unric) Status: Open Priority: Normal Assignee: matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto) Category: syntax Target version: ruby -v: 2.0.0p0 There is a possible bug in parsing of inline rescue. When an inline rescue is a part of multiple assignment and exception is raised, the assignment is silently ignored. def foo raise "error" end bar, baz = 1,2 # bar == 1, baz == 2 bar, baz = foo rescue [3,4] # no assignment performed: bar == 1, baz == 2 # expected after the expression: bar == 3, baz == 4 Already discussed at stackoverflow.com: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15880136/exceptions-why-does-adding-parenthesis-change-anything -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/