Issue #21808 has been updated by matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto). I agreed with @nobu here. Fluent method calls (`.`) behave same. Matz. ---------------------------------------- Bug #21808: Inconsistency in support of additional newlines with boolean logical operators on new line https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/21808#change-116391 * Author: herwin (Herwin W) * Status: Assigned * Assignee: matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto) * ruby -v: ruby 4.0.0 (2025-12-25 revision 553f1675f3) +PRISM [x86_64-linux] * Backport: 3.2: DONTNEED, 3.3: DONTNEED, 3.4: DONTNEED, 4.0: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- With this I mean the new Ruby 4 feature. With the old style, one could add additional lines in between: ```ruby if true && true puts 'match' end ``` With the new style, this results in a syntax error ```ruby if true && true puts 'match' end ``` If a comment is used instead of a new line, it still works ```ruby if true # blah && true puts 'match' end ``` This happens with both prism and parse.y I doubt anyone would want to write code like this (I don't think it improves the layout), but it's still a weird inconsistency that doesn't get mentioned. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/