Issue #5449 has been reported by Konstantin Haase. ---------------------------------------- Bug #5449: nested constant opasign not working http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/5449 Author: Konstantin Haase Status: Open Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: core Target version: ruby -v: 1.9.2-p290 =begin This code works on 1.9: Foo ||= 42 However, (({ ::Foo ||= 42 })) and Foo ||= Module.new Foo::Bar ||= 42 both raise a SyntaxError: constant re-assignment. (Note: I had to use the (({...})) syntax so Redmine wouldn't turn ::Foo into a link) =end -- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org