From: Ross Bamford <rossrt@...>
Date: 2006-11-06T21:13:51+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Bytecode Compiler (#100)

On Mon, 2006-11-06 at 11:27 +0900, Daniel Martin wrote:
> Note that the creator of this quiz left out one important case from
> their tests:
> 
>   def test_02a
>     assert_equal [2**1**2], Interpreter.new(Compiler.compile('2**1**2')).run
>   end
> 
> This tests that your compiler is properly making **
> right-associative.  Some solutions already posted fail this test.
> 

Phew - I expected I'd left out far more than just one important case :).
Seriously though, good catch - thanks. It looks like all the solutions
so far are passing it now.

> 2**2**2 was an unfortunate test case to choose, since 2**4 == 4**2.
> 

Ahem. Oops. :)

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Ross Bamford - rosco@roscopeco.REMOVE.co.uk