From: "Joseph E. Savard" <joseph.savard@...>
Date: 2010-08-03T01:22:13+09:00
Subject: Re: File.new ("write.txt", "w+") results in error

When using ( spaces are not required in 1.8.7 the error is
(irb):1: warning: don't put space before argument parentheses

In 1.9.2
SyntaxError: (irb):1: syntax error, unexpected ',', expecting ')'
 f = File.open ("l.txt", "w+")

1.9.2 appears the error is a little obscure..

<MANISH.local:jes> [08-02] 0 517:17  (295.6 Mb) •
! irb
irb(main):001:0> f = File.open ("l.txt", "w+")
(irb):1: warning: don't put space before argument parentheses
=> #<File:l.txt>
irb(main):002:0> f = File.open("l.txt", "w+")
=> #<File:l.txt>
irb(main):003:0> f.write("<HTML></HTML>")
=> 13
irb(main):004:0> f.close
=> nil
irb(main):005:0> exit

<MANISH.local:jes> [08-02] 0 518:18  (295.6 Mb) •
! cat l.txt 
<HTML></HTML> 




> From: VMDD TECH <binhph@gmail.com>
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> Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 23:45:09 +0900
> To: ruby-talk ML <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
> Subject: File.new ("write.txt", "w+") results in error
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I am new to Ruby.
> 
> If there are spaces between new and (, then ruby 1.9.1p376 considers
> it a syntactical error. For example:
> 
> File.new ("write.txt", "w+")
> 
> =>
> syntax error, unexpected ',', expecting ')'
> File.new ("write.txt", "w+")
>                       ^
> ...: syntax error, unexpected ')', expecting $end
> 
> Is this a ruby bug or is it a feature/quirk of ruby?
> 
> By the way, if I write as
> File.new "write.txt", "w+"
> File.new("write2.txt", "w+")
> 
> then there are no problem.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Binh
>