From: Steve Litt <slitt@...>
Date: 2005-12-09T11:22:42+09:00
Subject: Re: do/end vs braces

On Thursday 08 December 2005 08:42 pm, Paul Sanchez wrote:
> In article <200512082012.03896.slitt@earthlink.net>,
>
>  Steve Litt <slitt@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > On Thursday 08 December 2005 06:06 pm, Jacob Fugal wrote:
> > > On 12/8/05, Steve Litt <slitt@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > > > Except I can't put in the parentheses:
> > > >
> > > > #!/usr/bin/ruby
> > > > my_array = ["alpha", "beta", "gamma"]
> > > > puts (my_array.collect do
> > > >
> > > >         |word|
> > > >
> > > >         word.capitalize
> > > > end)
> > > >
> > > > Output:
> > > > [slitt@mydesk slitt]$ ./test.rb
> > > > ./test.rb:3: syntax error
> > > > ./test.rb:6: syntax error
> > >
> > > Take out the space between puts and the open paren:
> >
> > Confirmed! Thanks Jacob. This is the first time I've seen Ruby conflict
> > with the Rule of Least Surprise
> > (http://www.faqs.org/docs/artu/ch11s01.html).
> >
> > Is there any chance of a Ruby change so as not to require the paren to be
> > flush up against the function name?
>
> Interestingly, it worked for me with a space or without the parens when
> I did the puts as a one-liner:
>
> puts my_array.collect {|word| word.capitalize}
>
> or
>
> puts (my_array.collect {|word| word.capitalize})

Hi Paul,

It works as expected with braces, but not with do/end.

Thanks

SteveT

Steve Litt
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