Issue #19877 has been updated by tompng (tomoya ishida). I found a similar behavior for MATCH node (Prism::MatchLastLineNode) ~~~ruby RubyVM::AbstractSyntaxTree.parse 'if (1; //); end' (none):1: warning: regex literal in condition => (SCOPE@1:0-1:15 tbl: [] args: nil body: (IF@1:0-1:15 (BEGIN@1:3-1:10 (BLOCK@1:4-1:9 (LIT@1:4-1:5 1) (MATCH@1:7-1:9 //))) (BEGIN@1:11-1:11 nil) nil)) ~~~ ---------------------------------------- Bug #19877: Non intuitive behavior of syntax only applied to literal value https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19877#change-105509 * Author: tompng (tomoya ishida) * Status: Closed * Priority: Normal * ruby -v: ruby 3.3.0dev (2023-09-08T23:08:32Z master b635a66e95) [x86_64-linux] * Backport: 3.0: UNKNOWN, 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- Non intuitive behavior of syntax only applied to literal value Some ruby syntax is only applied to literal value. ~~~ruby def 1.foo; end # receiver is a literal, it is Syntax Error /(?<a>)/ =~ s # receiver is regexp literal, it will assign to local variable if cond1..cond2; end # range-like syntax appears in condition, it is flipflop ~~~ If it is wrapped with parenthesis, the behavior seems not intuitive for me, and YARP parses it differently. ~~~ruby def (1).foo; end # Syntax Error def ((1;1)).foo; end # Syntax Error def ((;1)).foo; end # Syntax OK def ((1+1;1)).foo; end # Syntax OK def ((%s();1)).foo; end # Syntax Error def ((%w();1)).foo; end # Syntax OK def ("#{42}").foo; end # Syntax Error def (:"#{42}").foo; end # Syntax OK (/(?<a>)/) =~ s # assigns to a (;/(?<a>)/) =~ s # does not assigns (%s();/(?<a>)/) =~ s # assigns to a (%w();/(?<a>)/) =~ s # does not assigns (1; (2; 3; (4; /(?<a>)/))) =~ s # assigns to a (1+1; /(?<a>)/) =~ s # does not assign if ((cond1..cond2)); end # flipflop if (; cond1..cond2); end # range if (1; cond1..cond2); end # flipflop if (%s(); cond1..cond2); end # flipflop if (%w(); cond1..cond2); end # range if (1; (2; (3; 4; cond1..cond2))); end # flipflop if (1+1; cond1..cond2); end # range ~~~ I expect YARP and parse.y parses same. I expect all parenthesis-wrapped result same. I think it is simple and intuitive if parenthesis-wrapped code always behaves different from non-wrapped code because there are more complex variation like this ~~~ruby def (class A; 1; end).foo; end (break; /?<a>/) =~ s class A; /?<a>/; end =~ s ~~~ -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/