[ruby-core:92294] [Ruby trunk Bug#15768] "and", &&, boolean issue, different ruby versions, confusing

Issue #15768 has been updated by chrisseaton (Chris Seaton).


I think there's two things confusing you here.

Firstly, `v1 = true and false` is `((v1 = true) and false)`, while `v2 = true && false` is `(v2 = (true && false))`. `--dump=parser` will tell you this.

Secondly, when you do `v1 = true and false` in IRB and it prints the result you are really doing `p (v1 = true and false)`, not `v1 = true and false; p v1` which is what I think you're imagining.

I think those two things explain all the differences you're seeing, and my understanding is all that behaviour is as per design, documentation, and specs.

I do see why it could be confusing though.

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Bug #15768: "and", &&, boolean issue, different ruby versions, confusing
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/15768#change-77628

* Author: daBee (da Bee)
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* Target version: 
* ruby -v: ruby 2.5.1p57 (2018-03-29 revision 63029) [x86_64-darwin15]
* Backport: 2.4: UNKNOWN, 2.5: UNKNOWN, 2.6: UNKNOWN
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Just caught this:

``` ruby
# version 2.5.1, Mac OS

v1 = true and false                                # => IRB: true
p v1			                        		# => app.rb: true, IRB: false
v2 = true && false                                 # => IRB: false
p v2					                       # => app.rb: false, IRB: false
puts 1 > -1 && 257 < 256			# => app.rb: false, IRB: false

```

## IRB Mac OS 2.6.2

``` ruby
>> v1 = true and false
=> false
>> v2 = true && false
=> false
>> puts v1
true
=> nil
>> puts v2
false
=> nil
```

I might be missing something, but I think there's an issue here, on both versions 2.5.1 and 2.6.2.




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