On Dec 8, 2005, at 7:27 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> But this will net you a parse error ('2' is not a valid method
> name):
>
> obj.meth 1, 2 { |i|
> puts i
> }
Yikes! Not sure what's up there. What does the {...} bind to then?
The 2? If so, why is 2 considered a method.
> And these two parse equivalently:
>
> obj.meth 1, zog { |i|
> puts i
> }
>
> obj.meth( 1, zog { |i| puts i } )
>
> Think of {} as being more "clingy" than do...end.
That I can parse mentally. :)
> Basically, {} has higher precedence than do...end, just as (among
> otherwise equivalent operators) && has higher precedence than
> 'and', and || has higher precedence than 'or'.
>
> I'm sure Ter hates Ruby now. :)
Well, I am trying to ignore edge cases while I learn the language ;)
Starting with the warts is probably not a good idea ;)
Ter
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