From: hipster <hipster@...4all.nl>
Date: 2001-08-07T21:36:24+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:19285] Re: Help with ternary operator syntax and grammar

On Tue, 07 Aug 2001  21:25:06 +0900, Ryo Furue wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I'm fairly new to Ruby and writing small scripts with the pickaxe
> book.  I can't understand what's wrong with this:
> 
> 	cond = true
> 	print (cond? ", " : "\n")
                  ^^
insert a space here. Otherwise Ruby will interpret it as a call to the
function 'cond?'. Question marks are allowed at the end of function
names to indicate predicates. Your other examples were variations on
this theme with differing precedences.

        Michel