From: Gary Wright <gwtmp01@...>
Date: 2009-12-31T12:33:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Why can't I use "or" here?


On Dec 30, 2009, at 9:24 PM, Albert Schlef wrote:

> (The problem is in both Ruby 1.8 and Ruby 1.9)
> 
> The expression:
> 
>  puts(nil || 4)
> 
> works as expected. It prints '4'.
> 
> But this expression:
> 
>  puts(nil or 4)
> 
> fails... it is a syntax error, for some mysterious reason.
> 
> Why? I thought the only diference between "or" and "||" is the
> precedence.

Try:

puts((nil or 4))

I found a discussion of this in:
http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/38272