Bug #5751: functions unable to handle hashes containing spaces unless wrapped in parenthesis

• Status: Rejected
• Assignee: -
• Target version: -
• ruby -v: all

[[e-mail] (spencer roan)]

puts { :a => :b}
SyntaxError: (irb):23: syntax error, unexpected tASSOC, expecting '}'
puts { :a => :b}

puts { a: :b}
SyntaxError: (irb):24: syntax error, unexpected ':', expecting '}'
puts { a: :b}

def foo x
puts x
end
=> nil
foo {:a => :b}
SyntaxError: (irb):28: syntax error, unexpected tASSOC, expecting '}'
foo {:a => :b}

I suspect this is a precedence/binding issue.

[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

• Status changed from Open to Rejected
• ruby -v changed from 1.9.2 to all

A brace after method invocation is parsed as a block.