From: maciej@...
Date: 2015-10-19T15:35:21+00:00
Subject: [ruby-core:71114] [Ruby trunk - Bug #11604] [Open] Ruby's interpreting hash symbol keys as parts of Ruby syntax

Issue #11604 has been reported by Maciej Mensfeld.

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Bug #11604: Ruby's interpreting hash symbol keys as parts of Ruby syntax
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/11604

* Author: Maciej Mensfeld
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: Yukihiro Matsumoto
* ruby -v: ruby 2.2.3p173 (2015-08-18 revision 51636) [x86_64-linux]
* Backport: 
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Cannot initialize hashes with some Ruby reserved keywords like: while, until, if, unless, do. Can with other like class, end, elsif, super. Don't really get why

~~~
{ while: 1 } # Will fail
# error.rb:3: syntax error, unexpected ':'
# print { while: 1 }
~~~

However when assigned, works perfectly

~~~
hash = { while: 1 }
~~~

But when used as a method argument - fails

~~~
run(for: 1)
run { for: 1 }
~~~

Works with old syntax

~~~
{ :if => 1 }
~~~

And with new but with quotation marks

~~~
{ 'if': 1 }
~~~

Example file included. Please just execute like this:

~~~
ruby error.rb
~~~

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error.rb (278 Bytes)


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