From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2012-02-21T14:46:55+09:00
Subject: Re: 1.9.2 syntax issues


On Feb 19, 2012, at 13:49 , Hal Fulton wrote:

> I admit I still use 1.8.x more often than 1.9.x -- and I keep running across
> little things that puzzle or annoy me.
> 
> Why is it that this statement:
> 
>   value =                                                                                                                  
>     if block_given?                                                                                                        
>       yield str                                                                                                            
>     else                                                                                                                   
>       str.send(converter)                                                                                                  
>     end                                                                                    
> 
> cannot be rewritten as:
> 
>   value = block_given? ? yield str : str.send(converter)


Doesn't look like a 1.8 vs 1.9 issue:

% ruby -vwe 'def x str; value = block_given? ? yield str : str.send(converter); end'
ruby 1.8.7 (2010-01-10 patchlevel 249) [universal-darwin11.0]
-e:1: syntax error, unexpected tIDENTIFIER
def x str; value = block_given? ? yield str : str.send(converter); end
                                           ^

All versions of ruby that I test against want `yield(str)`.