[ruby-core:123161] [Ruby Feature#17398] SyntaxError in endless method

2 Sep 2025

      Issue #17398 has been updated by matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto).

Sounds reasonable, considering existing grammar.

Matz.

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Feature #17398: SyntaxError in endless method
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/17398#change-114499

* Author: zverok (Victor Shepelev)
* Status: Open
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This works:
```ruby
def foo() = puts("bar")
```

This does not:
```ruby
def foo() = puts "bar"
#                ^ syntax error, unexpected string literal, expecting `do' or '{' or '('
```

Is this intentional or accidental? Not sure how it is reasoned.

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allow-command-style-endless-method-def.patch (3.44 KB)

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