From: "卜部昌平" <shyouhei@...>
Date: 2006-03-16T13:29:20+09:00
Subject: Re: [ ruby-Bugs-3843 ] "not" operator used in expression that is a method parameter can generate syntax error

Nobu, you are not answering to the question.... You have to unveil why 
that syntax is a statement rather than an expression, and why 
statements are not allowed as an argument.


On 2006/03/16, at 13:18, nobu@ruby-lang.org wrote:

> Hi,
>
> At Thu, 16 Mar 2006 12:22:42 +0900,
> noreply@rubyforge.org wrote in [ruby-core:07553]:
>> A syntax error is generated when calling a method where the
>> parameter is computed using an expression involving the "not"
>> operator under certain circumstances.
>
> Not a bug.
> Statements are not allowed as arguments directly.
>
> -- 
> Nobu Nakada
>