From: loats205@... (loats205)
Date: 2002-10-30T16:17:01+09:00
Subject: Re: "multiple assignment in conditional"


not a clue, works fine in 1.7.2-1 (msvc)
Gavin Sinclair wrote:
>Rubies,
>
>Given this:
>
>  def foo
>    [4,5]
>  end
>
>Both of the following expressions give me a SyntaxError: "multiple assignment
>in conditional" (this is Ruby 1.6.5 on Cygwin):
>
>  a, b = foo and puts a
>  (a, b = foo) and puts a
>
>I must say that I'm perplexed by this.  "Ruby in a Nutshell" (p. 18) tells me
>that "and" has lower precedence than "=".  Of course, the parentheses make my
>intention clear anyway, and I still get the error.  So I just don't
>understand.
>
>Can someone enlighten?
>
>--
>Gavin Sinclair                                       Software Engineer
>Sydney, Australia                            Soyabean Software Pty Ltd