Syntax change for 1.9?

Ruby
1

case 3
when true && a = 3 rescue nil : false
end

this code errs in 1.9 and succeeds in 1.8.6
Was this deliberate?
[please ignore the lameness of the code–it was just a simplified
example].
Thanks!
-R

2

Hi,

At Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:00:39 +0900,
Roger P. wrote in [ruby-talk:305381]:

case 3
when true && a = 3 rescue nil : false
end

Using a colon instead of `then’ wasn’t an official feature.

3 
   when true && a = 3 rescue nil : false

Using a colon instead of `then’ wasn’t an official feature.

Thanks!
=R