From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2009-02-21T07:46:23+09:00
Subject: Re: difference between {} and do/end

David Masover wrote:
> Jeff Schwab wrote:
>> I'm coming back to Ruby after a couple years away, and finding I've 
>> forgotten some of the basics.  What's the difference between { ... } 
>> blocks and do ... end blocks?
> 
> Another difference is that {} can be confused with a hash literal. I 
> can't think of a good example where it's actually ambiguous, though.

Isn't

p {1=>2}

such an example? The parser decides that it's a block and barfs on the =>.

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