From: Mathieu Bouchard <matju@...>
Date: 2006-03-16T13:21:54+09:00
Subject: Re: [ ruby-Bugs-3843 ] "not" operator used in expression that is a method parameter can generate syntax error

On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 nobu@ruby-lang.org wrote:

> Not a bug. Statements are not allowed as arguments directly.

Why is there a distinction between statements and expressions? Ruby is so
close to having no difference between the two (maybe 5 times less
distinction than in Perl or Python), and yet the difference is maintained
instead of eliminated.

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