From: matt@... (matt neuburg)
Date: 2008-05-08T03:55:06+09:00
Subject: Re: precedence of single-line rescue and assignment

matt neuburg <matt@tidbits.com> wrote:

> def boom
>   raise "boom"
> end
> y = ""
> y += boom rescue "fine"
> puts y # ""

I think what's really going on here is that what we often see described
as a single-line use of "rescue" is actually a single-*expression* use
of "rescue", since the above can be fixed using parentheses:

y += (boom rescue "fine")

I hadn't realized this was even legal. m.

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