From: shevegen@... Date: 2018-06-04T23:04:17+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:87397] [Ruby trunk Bug#14824] Endless Range Support in irb Issue #14824 has been updated by shevegen (Robert A. Heiler). Agreed. ---------------------------------------- Bug #14824: Endless Range Support in irb https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/14824#change-72380 * Author: jeremyevans0 (Jeremy Evans) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Assignee: * Target version: * ruby -v: ruby 2.6.0preview2 (2018-05-31 trunk 63539) [x86_64-openbsd] * Backport: 2.3: UNKNOWN, 2.4: UNKNOWN, 2.5: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- `irb` currently doesn't have great support for endless ranges, forcing you to use explicit parentheses around the endless range. Without explicit parentheses, it treats the endless range as a line continuation. ~~~ irb(main):001:0> 1.. irb(main):002:0* ; => 1.. irb(main):003:0> (1..) => 1.. irb(main):004:0> ~~~ Ranges with ends do not require parentheses in `irb`, and endless ranges should have the same behavior. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ Unsubscribe: