From: nagachika00@...
Date: 2014-05-18T15:37:49+00:00
Subject: [ruby-core:62662] [ruby-trunk - Bug #9669] Inconsistent SyntaxError in Ruby 2.1 mandatory keyword arguments definition without parentheses.

Issue #9669 has been updated by Tomoyuki Chikanaga.

Backport changed from 2.0.0: DONTNEED, 2.1: REQUIRED to 2.0.0: DONTNEED, 2.1: DONE

r45405 and r45408 were backported into `ruby_2_1` branch at r46005.

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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-46797

* Author: Teja Sophista
* Status: Closed
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* Category: 
* Target version: 
* ruby -v: 2.1.1
* Backport: 2.0.0: DONTNEED, 2.1: DONE
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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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