From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2005-11-26T09:41:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Fun with ranges!

Hi --

On Sat, 26 Nov 2005, Sam Gentle wrote:

> On 11/26/05, David A. Black <dblack@wobblini.net> wrote:
>> What version of Ruby are you using?
>>
>> $ ruby -ve '"a"..3'
>> ruby 1.8.3 (2005-09-21) [powerpc-darwin8.3.0]
>> -e:1: warning: useless use of .. in void context
>> -e:1: bad value for range (ArgumentError)
>
> C:\>ruby -ve '"a"..3'
> ruby 1.8.2 (2005-02-01) [i386-mswin32]
> -e:1: warning: useless use of .. in void context
>
> Strange...
>
> weill samg$ ruby -ve '"a"..3'
> ruby 1.8.0 (2003-08-04) [i686-linux]
> -e:1: warning: useless use of .. in void context
> -e:1: bad value for range (ArgumentError)
>
> Double-strange... I wonder if it's a windows thing or a version thing
> (and if so why it only pops up somewhere between 1.8.0 and 1.8.3).

Interesting -- it seems to be a 1.8.2 thing.


David

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David A. Black
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