From: Brian Candler <b.candler@...>
Date: 2010-09-29T05:36:58+09:00
Subject: Re: puts and return

Rick Denatale wrote:
> puts "Too big" || break if i > 5
> 
> Doesn't cause the break.
> 
> I think this is because break really isn't an expression.

I think that's parsed as:

puts("Too big" || break) if i > 5

and since "Too big" is always true, the RHS of || is never evaluated.

> The best solution seems to be
> 
> if i > 5
>   puts "Too big"
>   break
> end

I agree that's the clearest. For a one-liner I'd do:

(puts "Too big"; break) if i > 5
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