From: seivadmas@... Date: 2015-03-06T22:27:29+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:68448] [Ruby trunk - Bug #10947] [Open] Multiline if statement returns unexpected value instead of raising a syntax error Issue #10947 has been reported by Sam Davies. ---------------------------------------- Bug #10947: Multiline if statement returns unexpected value instead of raising a syntax error https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/10947 * Author: Sam Davies * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Assignee: * ruby -v: 2.1.2 * Backport: 2.0.0: UNKNOWN, 2.1: UNKNOWN, 2.2: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- Here is an invalid multiline if statement if (false && false && false true) puts "I was expecting an exception but saw this message instead" end As far as I can tell this is and should never be interpreted as valid syntax. What actually happens is instead of raising an exception, ruby ignores all values except the last and only evaluates that. If you forget a && at the end of a line this can result in very unexpected behavior. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/