From: Robert Dober Date: 2008-04-24T19:14:50+09:00 Subject: Re: Puzzeling little inconsistency On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Calamitas wrote: > > I'm seeing the same behavior as you are, provided that I remove the > comment and add a space after "Hi". > > The expressions starting with % are interpreted as string literals. > Because the following character is a space, it is used as a delimiter. > It is an unusual delimiter, but Ruby allows it Oh thanx Peter, I just had the idea to use parse tree the next time before asking stupid questions ;). Side remark to Guy, I know what you meant with your examples now, but I believe that your examples were consistent with % being a method I did therefore not understand. R.