From: Carlos <angus@...>
Date: 2006-07-28T20:57:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Weird problem with case expressions

Daniel Schierbeck wrote:

> I have no problem doing this:
> 
>   if foo :bar then
>     ...
>   end
> 
> Yet when I do this:
> 
>   case "foo"
>     when bar :baz then "bur"
>   end
> 
> I get the following syntax error:
> 
>   SyntaxError: compile error
>   (irb):30: parse error, unexpected tSYMBEG, expecting kDO or '{' or '('
>     when bar :baz then "bur"
>               ^
> 
> Is this intentional? Having the expression span multiple lines doesn't 
> solve it.

case/when have an "alternative syntax":

case "foo"
   when bar: "bur"
end

probably this syntax is clashing with your construction.
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