From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2004-04-14T18:39:23+09:00
Subject: Re: include? needs parentheses?


"Gavin Sinclair" <gsinclair@soyabean.com.au> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:50505.129.78.228.114.1081916392.squirrel@webmail.imagineis.com...
> I find this kind of odd.
>
>   $ ruby -w
>   puts([1,2,3].include? 1)
>   -:1: warning: parenthesize argument(s) for future version
>   true
>
> Surely there's no ambiguity in that expression.  What principle is at
work
> here?
>
> Sorry if this is similar to other cases already discussed.  I was paying
> attention, but those cases seemed more ambiguous, hence the warning.

I can only guess: maybe it's because the line "puts([1,2,3].include? 1,2)"
would be amiguous?

    robert