Ruby 2.7 fixed the parsing for multiple assignment with `rescue` modifier

Rescue modifier

We can use rescue modifier, in inline mode to rescue from exceptions raised by the RHS expression and assign some value to variable.

num = 10
denominator = 0
result = num / denominator rescue 1 # evaluated as result = ((num/denominator) rescue 1)
=> 1
result
=> 1

Here, the RHS expression raises ZeroDivisionError and rescue returns 1 in case of exception and result is assigned the value 1.

Rescue modifier with multiple assignments

Before Ruby 2.7, the expression is evaluated differently from single assignment mode in case of multiple assignments mode.

def calculate(num1, num2)
  # calculation method raises an exception
  raise StandardError
end

res1, res2 = calculate(1, 2) rescue [0, 0] # evaluated as (res1, res2 = raise) rescue [0, 0]
=> [0, 0]
res1
=> nil
res2
=> nil

With Ruby 2.7

This behaviour of rescue modifier, in case of multiple assignment was fixed and made consistent with the single assignment mode. So now, the rescue is applied to the RHS.

def calculate(num1, num2)
  # calculation method raises an exception
  raise StandardError
end

res1, res2 = calculate(1, 2) rescue [0, 0] # evaluated as res1, res2 = (raise rescue [0, 0])
res1
=> 0
res2
=> 0