From: Ralph Shnelvar <ralphs@...32.com>
Date: 2012-02-10T16:16:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Difference between reurn and "not return"

Thursday, February 9, 2012, 1:35:39 PM, you wrote:

>> def x
>>  return 1, 2
>> end

BD> Here, 1 and 2 are "arguments" to the return statement. It can handle
BD> many of them perfectly well.


>> def y
>>  1, 2
>> end

BD> This is invalid syntax - Ruby has no comma operator (unlike, say, C),
BD> and it simply doesn't know what to do with this code. Commas are only
BD> allowed (I hope I won't miss anything) in multiple assignment, in
BD> method/block argument list, and in "argument lists" of some language
BD> constructs, like return, rescue or throw.

Matma,

So, wouldn't a more consistent and more understandable way of doing things be

def x
  return [1, 2]
end

def y
  [1, 2]
end