From: Mark Wilden <mark@...>
Date: 2006-02-28T03:58:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Whitespace Semantics

"Hal Fulton" <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> wrote in message 
news:4402AFA0.5080703@hypermetrics.com...
>
> Expressions in Ruby can be like standalone statements. Statements are
> terminated with an optional semicolon or with a newline. If a statement
> is incomplete, it is understood to go on to the next line; if it is
> complete, it is just as if terminated with a semicolon.
>
> Therefore:
>
>   a = (4
>        +5)
>
> is the same as
>
>   a = (4;
>        +5)

But (4 is clearly an incomplete statement.