From: Stefan Kaes <skaes@...>
Date: 2005-11-22T09:37:00+09:00
Subject: Re: semenatics of if/unless/while statement modifiers

Mauricio Fern�ndez wrote:

>On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 08:22:59AM +0900, Stefan Kaes wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>I found that
>>
>> if (variable = expr)
>>   ... do something with variable ...
>> end
>>
>>works, whereas
>>
>> ... do something with variable ... if (variable = expr)
>>
>>doesn't.
>>
>>I can't find a good reason why these two forms differ in semantics.
>>    
>>
>
>See [ruby-talk:166828].
>
>  
>
And how do I get to [ruby-talk:166828]?