From: Devin Mullins <twifkak@...>
Date: 2006-09-24T02:21:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Riddle me this (a question about expressions)

Patrick Toomey wrote:
> The second declaration doesn't run  at 
> all.  I get a "void value expression" error.  Is the runtime  looking 
> into my if statement, realizing that there is no ability for  x to get 
> set and failing?
No. The 'return' keyword is one of the few things in Ruby that isn't an 
expression -- it doesn't have a return value. Ruby's complaining 'cause 
you're trying to set x to it.

Devin