From: Lennon Day-Reynolds <rcoder@...>
Date: 2004-08-28T02:03:43+09:00
Subject: Re: BUG? or inside argument list

Kristof,

You can use the '||' operator instead of 'or' in argumet lists:

puts(nil || "string")
String.new(nil || "string")

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 19:30:43 +0900, Kristof Bastiaensen
<kristof@vleeuwen.org> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I get a syntax error when I try to use "or" inside a argument
> list:
> 
> #doesn't work:
> puts(nil or "string")
> String.new(nil or "string")
> 
> #the following works:
> puts (nil or "string")
> String.new((nil or "string"))
> 
> It appears that Ruby accepts the "or" when it parses it as an
> expression, but not when it parses it as an argument list.
> Isn't any expression valid inside an argument list?
> 
> $ ruby --version
> ruby 1.8.2 (2004-07-16) [i386-linux]
> 
> Regards,
> KB
> 
> 


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