From: pat eyler <pat.eyler@...>
Date: 2005-12-08T01:00:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Syntax checker?

I'm not sure I understand your request, but are you looking for ruby -c script?

pate@linux:~/scratch> ruby -c cprimes.rb
Syntax OK
pate@linux:~/scratch> ruby -c primes_with_error.rb
primes_with_error.rb:32: syntax error
pate@linux:~/scratch>


On 12/7/05, William E. Rubin <williamerubin@dodgeit.com> wrote:
> Ruby doesn't seem to check for class names, function names, and so
> forth until it actually hits a line that tries to use such a thing.  Is
> there a way to get it to check up front, without having to run the
> script through every possible line of code?
>
> I understand that this is not strictly "syntax" checking, and that Ruby
> does actually do a "syntax" check.  So I mean some other term, more
> along the lines of what a traditional compiler will do (minus the
> actual compilation).
>
>
>


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thanks,
-pate
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