Ruby 3.1 evaluates multiple assignments from left to right

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Ruby 3.1 evaluates multiple assignments from left to right

May 12, 2021 , by Jijo Bose
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Single assignment

In the case of single assignment, Ruby evaluates the left-hand side before the right-hand side.

In the below example, the last expression calls lists, then data , then []= on the result of lists.

  lists = ['ruby', 'python', 'scala']
  data = 'rust'
  lists[1] = data

Before

Multiple assignments didn’t work this way. Let’s checkout the below example.

  lists[1], tag.priority = data, num

Before Ruby 3.1, the above expression would be evaluated in the following order:

data
num
lists
[]= called on the result of lists
tag
priority= called on the result of the tag

After

Starting with Ruby 3.1, multiple assignments evaluation order has been made consistent with single assignment evaluation order.

  lists[1], tag.priority = data, num

For the above expression, the left-hand side is evaluated before the right-hand side and the order is as below:

lists
tag
data
num
[]= called on the result of lists
priority= called on the result of the tag

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