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Bug #15535

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Optional arguments for definition - Syntax Error is not the correct Error type

Added by waheedi (Waheed Barghouthi) about 5 years ago. Updated about 5 years ago.

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Rejected
Assignee:
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Target version:
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[ruby-core:91088]

Description

The below definition throws a Syntax Error, while there is no syntax error and I'm not sure what is the intention behind the Syntax Error

def hello(foo="bar", bar, yanko="me")
  p "Hello"
end

The same definition below with a tiny modification in the argument set, give a Syntax OK.

def hello(foo="bar", bar="foo", yanko="me")
  p "Hello"
end

It seems when there is a required argument in the definition that happens to be in between optional arguments that triggers a Syntax Error, I think the ArgumentError is more related to it.

This has been tested on mostly every ruby version after 1.8.7 and it gave the same result.

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