From: J-H Johansen <ondemannen@...>
Date: 2011-10-11T18:18:46+09:00
Subject: Re: why does `a + f b` not parse?

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On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Martin DeMello <martindemello@gmail.com>wrote:

> ruby-1.9.2-p0 > 2 + sqrt 5
> SyntaxError: (irb):25: syntax error, unexpected tINTEGER, expecting
> keyword_do or '{' or '('
>        from /home/martin/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p0/bin/irb:17:in `<main>'
>
> I can't see why that doesn't parse properly.
>
>
In 1.8.7 I get the following:
irb(main):011:0> 2 + sqrt 5
SyntaxError: compile error
(irb):11: syntax error, unexpected tINTEGER, expecting kDO or '{' or '('
        from (irb):11
        from :0

but this one works

irb(main):014:0> 2 + Math.sqrt(5)
=> 4.23606797749979



> martin
>
>


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