(eval):1: syntax error, unexpected keyword_nil

[ddayan]

Suddenly I'm getting the following:
Any idea what could be wrong? My project is due in 3 days :O

dhcp-85-176:eye-servers-blaze ddayan$ rake cover_me:report --trace
(in /Users/ddayan/git/eye-servers-blaze)
** Invoke cover_me:report (first_time)
** Execute cover_me:report
rake aborted!
(eval):1: syntax error, unexpected keyword_nil, expecting $end
...l, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil]}nil, nil, nil], "/Users/ddayan/....
... ^
/Users/ddayan/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p136/gems/cover_me-1.0.0.rc6/lib/cover_me/results.rb:9:in eval' /Users/ddayan/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p136/gems/cover_me-1.0.0.rc6/lib/cover_me/results.rb:9:inread_results'
/Users/ddayan/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p136/gems/cover_me-1.0.0.rc6/lib/cover_me.rb:16:in complete!' /Users/ddayan/git/eye-servers-blaze/lib/tasks/cover_me.rake:5:inblock (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
/Users/ddayan/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p136/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:636:in call' /Users/ddayan/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p136/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:636:inblock in execute'
/Users/ddayan/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p136/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:631:in each' /Users/ddayan/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p136/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:631:inexecute'
/Users/ddayan/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p136/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:597:in block in invoke_with_call_chain' /Users/ddayan/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p136/lib/ruby/1.9.1/monitor.rb:201:inmon_synchronize'
/Users/ddayan/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p136/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:590:in invoke_with_call_chain' /Users/ddayan/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p136/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:583:ininvoke'
/Users/ddayan/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p136/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2051:in invoke_task' /Users/ddayan/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p136/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2029:inblock (2 levels) in top_level'
/Users/ddayan/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p136/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2029:in each' /Users/ddayan/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p136/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2029:inblock in top_level'
/Users/ddayan/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p136/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2068:in standard_exception_handling' /Users/ddayan/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p136/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2023:intop_level'
/Users/ddayan/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p136/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2001:in block in run' /Users/ddayan/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p136/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2068:instandard_exception_handling'
/Users/ddayan/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p136/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:1998:in run' /Users/ddayan/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p136/gems/rake-0.8.7/bin/rake:31:in<top (required)>'
/Users/ddayan/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p136/bin/rake:19:in load' /Users/ddayan/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p136/bin/rake:19:in

'
/Users/ddayan/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p136/gems/cover_me-1.0.0.rc6/lib/cover_me/results.rb:9:in `eval': exit (SyntaxError)
(eval):1: syntax error, unexpected keyword_nil, expecting $end
...l, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil]}nil, nil, nil], "/Users/ddayan/....

[markbates]

Try deleting the coverage.data file and see if that helps.

[ddayan]

wow that was quick. yeap it works, Thanks! any idea what was wrong, and why deleting the coverage.data solves it?