From: 7stud -- <dolgun@...>
Date: 2007-09-23T05:28:34+09:00
Subject: Re: %w| a b c|   %w_a b c_   %w<a b c> all work

7stud -- wrote:
>
> "Following the type character is a delimiter, which can be any 
> nonalphabetic or nonmultibyte character.  If the delimiter is one of the 
> characters (, [, {, or <, ....blah, blah, blah...[the ending character 
> must be: ), ], }, or > respectively].  For all other delimiters, [the 
> ending character is the next occurrence of the starting delimiter]."

I just wanted to point out that the statement that the delimiter can be 
any "nonalphabetic or nonmultibyte" character appears to be false.  The 
character '2' meets the condition of being "nonalphabetic or 
nonmultibyte", yet it produces an error:

arr = %w_a b c_
p arr          #["a", "b", "c"]


arr = %w2a b c2
p arr

r4test.rb:4: unknown type of %string
arr = %w1a b c1
         ^
r4test.rb:4: syntax error
arr = %w1a b c1
         ^

It looks like the docs should say:

> ...a delimiter, which can be any character
> that is nonalphabetic *and* nonmultibyte."
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