Using a ';' in a block-level variable |var1; var2| and having the -w option on would generate a warning.

If I use a comma, the warning is also generated. Shouldn't a semi-colon suppress the generation of the warning? Otherwise,
what's the use of the semi-colon if it does not tell the runtime that I know what I am doing by using a similar variable
name so I put it after the semi-colon.

The example I am using is in the pickaxe book of 2009 page: 77. samples/tutcontainers_31.rb

Date: 2013-03-02 01:19
Sender: Tom Copeland

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