"Ruby code can have a syntax error in a conditional..."
No, it can't. If this is something you've seen "many times", would you mind providing an example? Show me a program that Ruby tries to execute without having been able to parse it.
No, it can't. If this is something you've seen "many times", would you mind providing an example? Show me a program that Ruby tries to execute without having been able to parse it.
if foo.something
foo.instance_eval "SYNTAX ERROR"
end
But perhaps what he meant was not a syntax error, but things like:
if foo.something
foo.something_misspelled = bar
end