From: nobu@... Date: 2015-09-17T04:55:49+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:70834] [Ruby trunk - Bug #11534] [Rejected] Circular assignment / method shadowing unexpected behavior Issue #11534 has been updated by Nobuyoshi Nakada. Description updated Status changed from Open to Rejected Assignment statements make variables. ---------------------------------------- Bug #11534: Circular assignment / method shadowing unexpected behavior https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/11534#change-54209 * Author: Tim Smith * Status: Rejected * Priority: Normal * Assignee: * ruby -v: ruby 2.2.1p85 (2015-02-26 revision 49769) [x86_64-darwin14] * Backport: 2.0.0: UNKNOWN, 2.1: UNKNOWN, 2.2: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- ~~~ruby def foo 1 end puts foo + 1 bar = foo + 1 puts bar foo = foo + 1 puts foo ~~~ ~~~ # EXPECTED 2 2 2 ~~~ ~~~ # ACTUAL 2 2 undefined method `+' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError) -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/