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kddnewton (Kevin Newton)

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  • Registered on: 11/20/2015
  • Last sign in: 01/22/2025

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Assigned issues 4 79 83
Reported issues 14 71 85

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Ruby Committer 06/28/2023

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09/30/2025

08:09 PM Ruby Bug #21618: Allow to use the build-in prism version to parse code
So the issue is that there is the C library and then there is the Ruby library. The C library can parse and provide a... kddnewton (Kevin Newton)
05:59 PM Ruby Bug #21618: Allow to use the build-in prism version to parse code
Yes, this was brought up by @k0kubun originally as one of the requirements. At the moment the official answer is `Pri... kddnewton (Kevin Newton)
05:53 PM Ruby Bug #21187: Strings concatenated with `\` getting frozen with literal hashes (PRISM only)
Yeah, it broke CI on macOS https://github.com/ruby/ruby/actions/runs/16430139182/job/46429723627#step:9:179 kddnewton (Kevin Newton)

09/29/2025

04:30 PM Ruby Misc #21385: Namespace: Suggesting a rename
I know that Box has already been accepted, but if we were to reconsider, I would throw in `Nesting` (or `RootNesting`... kddnewton (Kevin Newton)

09/19/2025

06:35 PM Ruby Revision 642188fb (git): [ruby/prism] Fix up locals test skip name
https://github.com/ruby/prism/commit/d1b22f59a0 kddnewton (Kevin Newton)
05:42 PM Ruby Revision d7c54df4 (git): [ruby/prism] Turn off failing test for parse.y
https://github.com/ruby/prism/commit/cb27f5a70a kddnewton (Kevin Newton)
05:00 PM Ruby Misc #21606: DevMeeting-2025-10-23
* [Feature #21572] Make illegal variable in alternation pattern a syntax error (kddnewton)
* Can we make this into... kddnewton (Kevin Newton)
04:55 PM Ruby Bug #21168 (Open): Prism doesn't require argument parentheses (in some cases) when a block is present but parse.y does
This is done from Prism's side thanks to @Earlopain with https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/71067aa54c9fd819313dd2d3... kddnewton (Kevin Newton)

09/17/2025

04:53 PM Ruby Feature #21573: Simpler syntax errors
I'm not sure if you ran with my patch enabled, since the patch above explicitly adds column information. When I run i... kddnewton (Kevin Newton)
04:45 PM Ruby Feature #21572: Make illegal variable in alternation pattern a syntax error
I agree, but there's precedence here of some things only being detectable at run-time, like illegal `break` usage. I ... kddnewton (Kevin Newton)

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