From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2004-11-30T09:23:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Another improved error message request

Sam Roberts wrote:
>>The point is that
>>
>>  100.times | i | puts
>>
>>is totally valid syntax.  It is very hard for a parser to detect this
>>type of error.  If anyone comes up with an idea, please tell me.
> 
> 
> It is? Well, you would know... :-) but I'm confused!
> 
> $ irb18
> irb(main):001:0> 100.times | i | puts
> LocalJumpError: no block given
>         from (irb):1:in `times'
>         from (irb):1
> 
> I'm building again, maybe my 1.8 is too far out of date.

I think you're seeing a runtime error -- i.e., it is not one
detected by the parser.


Hal