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kddnewton (Kevin Newton)

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  • Email: kddnewton@gmail.com
  • Registered on: 11/20/2015
  • Last sign in: 10/08/2025

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Assigned issues 3 81 84
Reported issues 15 71 86

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Ruby Committer 06/28/2023

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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)
01:20 PM Ruby Revision 99929d6f (git): [ruby/prism] Do not rely on Gem being loaded
https://github.com/ruby/prism/commit/2466940e49 kddnewton (Kevin Newton)
12:43 PM Ruby Revision aa2d3cd5 (git): [ruby/prism] Bump to v1.6.0
https://github.com/ruby/prism/commit/b72fcc6183 kddnewton (Kevin Newton)

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