From: "Jan E." <lists@...>
Date: 2012-07-20T17:41:44+09:00
Subject: Re: unless if not == unless post_on_ruby_forum

Hi,

I think this is a technical misunderstanding. It's true that "unless" 
usually is the same as "if not", but that does not mean you can 
literally replace every "if not" with "unless". It's not a macro. The 
Ruby parser treats "unless" as a keyword on it's own with special rules 
where it can occur and how those structures are evaluated.

So when you talk about "unexpected behaviour", this is rather a problem 
of you having the wrong expectations. Saying that one thing means the 
same as another does usually *not* mean they're actually interchangeable 
on syntax level.

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