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kddnewton (Kevin Newton)

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  • Registered on: 11/20/2015
  • Last sign in: 10/08/2025

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10/30/2025

01:15 PM Ruby Bug #21618 (Closed): Allow to use the build-in prism version to parse code
kddnewton (Kevin Newton)
01:06 PM Ruby Revision 8e7d427a (git): [ruby/prism] Add equal_loc to call nodes
In the case of attribute writes, there are use cases where you want
to know the location of the = sign. (Internally we actually need
this for translation to the writequark AST.)
https://github.com/ruby/prism/commit/bfc798a7ec kddnewton (Kevin Newton)

10/22/2025

02:58 PM Ruby Feature #21572: Make illegal variable in alternation pattern a syntax error
Thank you @ktsj — I will start working on a patch for Prism. kddnewton (Kevin Newton)
02:56 PM Ruby Feature #20564: Switch default parser to Prism
Can this issue be closed? We are coming up on the 3.5 release, and I don't think any further information is going to be forthcoming here. kddnewton (Kevin Newton)
02:55 PM Ruby Misc #21606: DevMeeting-2025-10-23
* [Feature #21573] Simpler syntax errors
* Developers want nice syntax errors in the command line, that is implemented today.
* Language-agnostic tools that parse stdout want simple-to-parse errors and warnings.
* Can we add a m... kddnewton (Kevin Newton)
02:52 PM Ruby Misc #21606: DevMeeting-2025-10-23
* [Misc #21630] Suggest @Earlopain for core contributor
* They have been very helpful for Prism maintenance, and also other areas of Ruby. It would be helpful for them to merge their own PRs. kddnewton (Kevin Newton)

10/16/2025

02:38 PM Ruby Revision 68f45a6d (git): [ruby/prism] Do not rely on RUBY_VERSION being consistent
https://github.com/ruby/prism/commit/34428946db kddnewton (Kevin Newton)
02:29 PM Ruby Revision a8a8f1c2 (git): [ruby/prism] Handle RUBY_VERSION being nil
https://github.com/ruby/prism/commit/dda0dc81df kddnewton (Kevin Newton)
02:10 PM Ruby Revision cea3307f (git): [ruby/prism] Do not stub Ruby version
https://github.com/ruby/prism/commit/44c4306247 kddnewton (Kevin Newton)
02:00 PM Ruby Revision 6652d507 (git): [ruby/prism] Create a new string for the current version error
https://github.com/ruby/prism/commit/ebf4425d49 kddnewton (Kevin Newton)

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