From: "zzak (Zachary Scott)" Date: 2013-09-24T05:06:52+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:57337] [ruby-trunk - Feature #8691][Closed] Add warning for variable that is re-assigned but not re-used Issue #8691 has been updated by zzak (Zachary Scott). Status changed from Feedback to Closed closing, see ruby-core:57091 ---------------------------------------- Feature #8691: Add warning for variable that is re-assigned but not re-used https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/8691#change-41944 Author: agrimm (Andrew Grimm) Status: Closed Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: Target version: The following code def reassigned_unused a = 42 b = a.to_s a = 56 b end Does not currently generate an "assigned but unused variable" warning about the second assignment to "a". Is it feasible to create a warning for such a scenario? -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/