From: "grz01@..." <grz01@...>
Date: 2008-02-05T06:04:56+09:00
Subject: ruby syntax question

Hi,

While debugging some ruby-code, I found a mis-typed construct like the
following,
which looks like a syntax error to me,
but when you run it in irb it evaluates to nil and does NOT raise an
error:

x = def
 puts xyz
end

(where xyz is undefined)
Anyone can explain what the above code means to ruby?

In contrast, this code DOES raise a syntax error:

x = def
 puts "xyz"
end

My versions is:
irb 0.9.5(05/04/13)
ruby 1.8.6 (2007-03-13 patchlevel 0) [i386-mswin32]

TIA,
---------------------------  grz01