Eval error for hashes containing symbols ending with an equals sign
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Key: JRUBY-5792
URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JRUBY-5792
Project: JRuby
Issue Type: Bug
Components: Parser
Affects Versions: JRuby 1.6.1, JRuby 1.6, JRuby 1.6RC3, JRuby 1.6RC2, JRuby
1.6RC1, JRuby 1.5.6, JRuby 1.5.5, JRuby 1.5.4, JRuby 1.5.3, JRuby 1.5.2, JRuby
1.5.1
Environment: tested on Windows, Linux and Android
Reporter: Scott Moyer
Assignee: Thomas E Enebo
Priority: Minor
Ruby allows equal signs in symbols. Inspecting one of these produces a slightly
awkward string:
{:a= => 1}.inspect # => "{:a==1}"
evaling this string in MRI works:
eval({:a= => 1}.inspect)[:a=] # => 1
If I do the same in JRuby:
eval({:a= => 1}.inspect) # => I get the following error:
SyntaxError: (eval):1: syntax error, unexpected tGT
{:a==>1}
^
from (eval):1
The easiest workaround is to assist the parser:
eval({:a= => 1}.inspect.gsub('==>', '= =>'))[:a=]
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