From: Justin Collins <justincollins@...>
Date: 2010-08-03T12:15:45+09:00
Subject: Re: File.new ("write.txt", "w+") results in error

On 08/02/2010 07:45 AM, VMDD TECH wrote:
> 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
>
>    
It's not a bug. A comma-separated list inside of parentheses is just 
meaningless in Ruby, which is why you get a syntax error.

Parentheses being "optional" for method calls is a feature, however.

-Justin