From: Kent Dahl <kentda@...>
Date: 2003-03-25T04:39:34+09:00
Subject: Re: [puts] - bug or feature?

Meinrad Recheis wrote:
> puts (3).to_s + 'b'
> 3
> => "b"

It appear to be parsed as

    ((puts (3)).to_s) + 'b'
==  (     (nil).to_s) + 'b'
==  (             "") + 'b'
==  "" + 'b'
== 'b' 

Makes perfect sense :-)

Be careful with space between method name and parenthesis for
argumentnames. When in doubt, use parenthesis for method calls.

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