From: MonkeeSage <MonkeeSage@...>
Date: 2006-09-13T14:40:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Struggling with Blocks

Rick DeNatale wrote:
> You CAN have a block which contains a single statement with a rescue
> modifier:
>
>     lambda do
>          raise "help!" rescue "gotcha"
>     end
>
> is legal as is the semantically equivalent:
>
>    lambda {raise "help!" rescue "gotcha"}
>
> but
>
>    lambda do
>            raise "help!"
>            rescue
>                  "gotcha"
>    end
>
> is not.
>
> Perhaps someone else (Matz?) can enlighten me/us on why

I sure can't enlighten you, but I can comment: that is wierd! I must
admit that I didn't believe you at first, but I tried it, and sure
enough...you are correct. What the?! Wierd!!

Regards,
Jordan