From: Josef 'Jupp' Schugt <jupp@...>
Date: 2003-06-24T07:43:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Parallel Assignment # a,b=c,d=1,2

Saluton!

* D T; 2003-06-23, 21:00 UTC:
> OK, I guess:
>  
> a, b = c, d = e, f = 1, 2
> Ruby parse as
> a, b  =  c,  (d =e),  ( f = 1), 2

Exactely - as in

a = 1
c = 2
e = 3
puts a, b = c, d = e, f = 1, 2
1
2
3
1
2

> But I cannot wirte like this either:
> (a, b) = (c, d) = (e, f) = (1,2)
> 
> Why ?

Possibly because you can write

a = c = e = 1
b = d = f = 2

either?

Gis,

Josef 'Jupp' Schugt