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Ruby: &[SPACE][identifier] syntax breaks Ruby parsing

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
48/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
ruby
Domain
compilers

Research direction

Start by reproducing the Ruby parser failure with the two sort examples in the issue, focusing on the space between & and the identifier. Trace the parser entry point that handles this syntax and verify that both forms are accepted without preventing the rest of the file from being parsed.

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Description

question

CodeQL's Ruby breaks parsing breaks for the following code:

sorted_array = array.sort(& custom_sorts[params[:sortby]])

I understand that the following should be how this is written, but sometimes people put weird syntax in and it shouldn't break a whole file being parsed:

sorted_array = array.sort(&custom_sorts[params[:sortby]])
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