From: nobu@...
Date: 2014-03-25T07:47:45+00:00
Subject: [ruby-core:61672] [ruby-trunk - Bug #9669] [Closed] Inconsistent SyntaxError in Ruby 2.1 mandatory keyword arguments definition without parentheses.

Issue #9669 has been updated by Nobuyoshi Nakada.

Status changed from Open to Closed
% Done changed from 0 to 100

Applied in changeset r45405.

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parse.y: required kwarg without parentheses

* parse.y (lex_state_e, parser_params, f_arglist, parser_yylex):
  separate EXPR_LABELARG from EXPR_BEG and let newline significant,
  so that required keyword argument can place at the end of
  argument list without parentheses.  [ruby-core:61658] [Bug #9669]

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Bug #9669: Inconsistent SyntaxError in Ruby 2.1 mandatory keyword arguments definition without parentheses.
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9669#change-45926

* Author: Teja Sophista
* Status: Closed
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* Category: 
* Target version: 
* ruby -v: 2.1.1
* Backport: 2.0.0: UNKNOWN, 2.1: UNKNOWN
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Ruby allowed us to define method with arguments without parentheses.

~~~
def foo a:, b:
  'bar'
end
#=> :foo

def foo a:, b:
  puts 'bar'
end
#=> syntax error
~~~



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