From: Matma Rex <matma.rex@...>
Date: 2013-01-07T15:01:52+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby 1.9.3p362 ranges as conditions bug?

On Mon, 07 Jan 2013 05:26:43 +0100, tamouse mailing lists <tamouse.lists@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 9:09 PM, windwiny <windwiny.ubt@gmail.com> wrote:
>> vs = (1..9).to_a
>> => [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
>>
>> v1 = vs.select { |n| if n==3..n==6 then 1 end }
>
> What do you expect n==3..n==6 to do? That evaluates to a range of
> booleans, depending on the value of n:

These are so-called flip-flops, and a valid though obscure feature of Ruby. Here's a nicer test case:

irb(main):001:0> (1..100).each do |i|
irb(main):002:1*   puts i if i==42..i==45
irb(main):003:1> end
42
43
44
45

windwiny, I wasn't able to replicate your results on ruby 1.9.3p0 (2011-10-30) [i386-mingw32]. v1 and v3 both gave the same (first) result.