From: "phortx (Benjamin Kammerl)" Date: 2013-12-27T21:47:22+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:59342] [ruby-trunk - Bug #9308][Open] def's return value causes errors Issue #9308 has been reported by phortx (Benjamin Kammerl). ---------------------------------------- Bug #9308: def's return value causes errors https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9308 Author: phortx (Benjamin Kammerl) Status: Open Priority: High Assignee: Category: core Target version: next minor ruby -v: ruby 2.1.0dev (2013-11-23 trunk 43807) [x86_64-linux] Backport: 1.9.3: UNKNOWN, 2.0.0: UNKNOWN, 2.1: UNKNOWN It seems 2.1 hase some trouble with the "do" keyword in combination with the private/public/protected keywords and the def's return value: Works: https://gist.github.com/phortx/8146341 Works Not: https://gist.github.com/phortx/8146345 $ ruby --version ruby 2.1.0dev (2013-11-23 trunk 43807) [x86_64-linux] $ ruby works.rb $ ruby works_not.rb test.rb:5: syntax error, unexpected keyword_do_block, expecting keyword_end test.rb:12: syntax error, unexpected keyword_end, expecting end-of-input -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/