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Bug #6132

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Assignments don't happen correctly in "if" modifiers

Added by ibrahimtencer (Ibrahim Tencer) about 12 years ago. Updated about 12 years ago.

Status:
Rejected
Assignee:
-
Target version:
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ruby -v:
ruby 1.9.3p0 (2011-10-30 revision 33570) [x86_64-darwin11.0.0]
Backport:
[ruby-core:43247]

Description

This works:

if lo = 3
la = lo
end

but this does not:

(la = lo) if (lo = 3)

It raises "NameError: undefined local variable or method `lo' for main:Object." But if you look at the values afterwards you get lo -> 3, la -> nil.


Related issues 1 (0 open1 closed)

Has duplicate Ruby master - Feature #8600: Recognize variables declared in if modifier at end of lineRejected07/04/2013Actions

Updated by drbrain (Eric Hodel) about 12 years ago

  • Status changed from Open to Rejected

This is a feature of ruby.

Ruby parses left to right, so it see "lo" on the assignment side of the if. Since no local variable "lo" has been encountered yet it must be a method. Ruby then encounters the assignment to lo and creates the local variable.

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