From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2005-09-24T00:41:47+09:00
Subject: Re: Why is this not a syntax error?

Hi,

In message "Re: Why is this not a syntax error?"
    on Sat, 24 Sep 2005 00:31:23 +0900, Jamey Cribbs <cribbsj@oakwood.org> writes:

|Switching back and forth between Python and Ruby bit me in the butt 
|today.  For example, consider the following Ruby code:
|
|   a = 1
|
|   if a == 0
|       puts 'zero'
|   elif a == 1
|       puts 'one'
|   else
|       puts 'not one'
|   end

It's seen as

   if a == 0
       puts 'zero'
       elif(a == 1)
       puts 'one'
   else
       puts 'not one'
   end

See?

							matz.