From: Brian Candler <b.candler@...>
Date: 2010-09-17T22:19:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Use of ? in variable names

Silas Davis wrote:
> I assume currently the syntax:
> 
> bool ? <action if true> : <action if false>
> 
> Can be written:
> 
> bool? <action if true> : <action if false>

You assume wrongly.

>> a = 1
=> 1
>> a? "foo" : "bar"
SyntaxError: compile error
(irb):2: syntax error, unexpected ':', expecting $end
a? "foo" : "bar"
          ^
  from (irb):2
  from :0
>> a ? "foo" : "bar"
=> "foo"
>> RUBY_DESCRIPTION
=> "ruby 1.8.7 (2010-01-10 patchlevel 249) [x86_64-linux]"
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