From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2000-06-30T12:33:16-05:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:03723] Possible parsing inconsistency



I'm writing test cases for line continuations (boy, what an exciting
life I lead), and I came across the following inconsistency:

     def m1(*args)
      puts args.join(', ')
     end

     def m2(*dummy)
     end

     m1\
     1, 2, 3             #=> 1, 2, 3

     m2(m1\
        4, 5, 6)         #=> 4, 5, 6

However

     def m1(*args)
      puts args.join(', ')
     end

     def m2(*dummy)
     end

     m2(1, m1\
        4, 5, 6)

gives

     -:9: parse error
             4, 5, 6)
              ^

Is this correct behavior?


Regards


Dave