Assignment syntax

e$B;W$C$?$N$G$9$,!"e(B*,v = 0 e$B$,e(B syntax error
e$B$J$N$O0U?^$5$l$?$b$Ne(B
e$B$G$9$+e(B?

% ./ruby -ve ‘*,v = 0’
ruby 1.9.0 (2007-07-02 patchlevel 0) [i686-linux]
syntax error, unexpected ‘=’, expecting ‘,’
*,v = 0
^
warning: useless use of a literal in void context