From: "nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)" <nobu@...>
Date: 2013-07-12T16:18:50+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:55973] [ruby-trunk - Bug #8628][Rejected] Parse error with method argument that is a Hash with a specific pattern


Issue #8628 has been updated by nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada).

Status changed from Open to Rejected

`p /=/' is interpreted as `p /= /.../', an assignment to a variable `p'.
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Bug #8628: Parse error with method argument that is a Hash with a specific pattern
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/8628#change-40468

Author: dimitri-lo2u (Dimitri Geshef)
Status: Rejected
Priority: Normal
Assignee: 
Category: 
Target version: 
ruby -v: ruby 2.0.0p195 (2013-05-14) [i386-mingw32]
Backport: 1.9.3: UNKNOWN, 2.0.0: UNKNOWN


# The next two lines cause a parse error
p /=/ => 'works'
# /in comment/ => 'fails'

# The reported error is:
# syntax error, unexpected ',', expecting $end
# /in comment/ => 'fails'
#            ^

# The issue is caused by the /=/ regexp in the method p call.
# Notice that no parse error occurs when the Hash argument is put between parentheses
p(/=/ => 'works').


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