Issue #19918 has been updated by nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada). Whether or not that is useful, it is at least intentional as there are some tests for them. ---------------------------------------- Bug #19918: Should `a[&b]=c` be syntax valid? https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19918#change-104872 * Author: tompng (tomoya ishida) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * ruby -v: ruby 3.3.0dev (2023-10-11T04:46:58Z master 40ab7b8c24) [x86_64-linux] * Backport: 3.0: UNKNOWN, 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- These codes are syntax valid now. Prism parses it as syntax error. ~~~ruby a[&b]=c a[&b]+=c a[&b]&&=c a[&b]||=c ~~~ Is this syntax intentional or should be error? Issue of Prism https://github.com/ruby/prism/issues/1636 It's added in test_parse.rb https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/40ab7b8c244de20007cb45846f41de3a01f7ea0c/t... -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/