block syntax difference causes "LocalJumpError: no block given (yield)"
The parser recognizes this
p test do
1
end
as this
p(test) do
1
end
The block is passed to p
, not test
. Therefore, yield
can't yield and raises that error.
do
and {}
to denote blocks attached to methods are not completely interchangeable.
p test do
1
end
Precedence is screwing with you. This is actually this:
p(test()) do
1
end
So the block is getting passed to p
, not test
.
{}
has higher precedence than do
, and so binds more tightly to the syntactically closer method. This is also true for other ruby keywords that have symbolic equivalents, such as and
/&&
and or
/||
, which is why the symbols are usually recommended over the words.