# RubyOnRails syntax-parser error

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyonrails-syntax-parser-error/110534>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 27, 2007, 8:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyonrails-syntax-parser-error/110534 "2007-07-27T08:49:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![avanetix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@avanetix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/avanetix)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 8:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyonrails-syntax-parser-error/110534/1 "2007-07-27T08:49:19Z")

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Our developer team has found duch bug in RubyOnRails 1.2.3:

# app/controllers/test\_controller.rb

class TestController \< ApplicationController  
def index  
str = “Ï” # here “o” is russian-symbol in encoding “KOI8-R”

```
render :text => 'This is test controller.'

```

end  
end

# [http://mydomain/test/](http://mydomain/test/)

SyntaxError in TestController#index

/sites/rails/vadim/app/controllers/test\_controller.rb:3: unterminated  
string meets end of file  
/sites/rails/vadim/app/controllers/test\_controller.rb:3: parse error,  
unexpected $, expecting kEND

/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.2/lib/  
active\_support/dependencies.rb:203:in  
`load_without_new_constant_marking' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.2/lib/ active_support/dependencies.rb:203:in `load\_file’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.2/lib/  
active\_support/dependencies.rb:342:in `new_constants_in' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.2/lib/ active_support/dependencies.rb:202:in `load\_file’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.2/lib/  
active\_support/dependencies.rb:94:in `require_or_load' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.2/lib/ active_support/dependencies.rb:248:in `load\_missing\_constant’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.2/lib/  
active\_support/dependencies.rb:452:in `const_missing' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.2/lib/ active_support/dependencies.rb:464:in `const\_missing’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.2/lib/  
active\_support/inflector.rb:250:in `constantize' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.2/lib/ active_support/core_ext/string/inflections.rb:148:in `constantize’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.13.3/lib/  
action\_controller/routing.rb:1290:in `recognize' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.2.3/lib/dispatcher.rb:46:in `dispatch’  
/sites/rails/vadim/public/dispatch.cgi:10

Many russian words work.

Important: In RubyOnRails 1.1.6 this code works. All is OK!