From: "Ralf Müller" <r_mueller@...>
Date: 2005-04-01T20:47:52+09:00
Subject: Re: && Syntax

On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 20:29:52 +0900
Lyndon Samson <lyndon.samson@gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, I'm a rube-noob
> 
> -- ok
> if 1 == 1 && 
>    2 == 2
>   puts "TRUE"
> end
> 
> -- syntax error
> if 1 == 1  
>    && 2 == 2
>   puts "TRUE"
> end
> 
> The second form is more convienient as you can easily comment out the
> line, but it causes a syntax error.
> 
> I guess the interpreter need to know where the conditional finishes
> and the statements begin?
> 
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What about: 

irb(main):018:0> if 1 == 1 \
irb(main):019:2* && 2 == 2
irb(main):020:1> p 'df'; end
"df"
=> nil