From: nobu.nokada@...
Date: 2004-12-03T11:47:32+09:00
Subject: Re: nested defs, what if...

Hi,

At Fri, 3 Dec 2004 08:20:34 +0900,
trans.  (T. Onoma) wrote in [ruby-talk:122265]:
> Well, it's an idea, but I don't think a very good one. In general I don't 
> think this is useful, and would rather obfuscate code if actually used. I 
> think what would be more useful is if such methods were local methods, like 
> local variables:

I also have thought the idea, though haven't implemented it.
I'm still worndering whether this should be valid or error.

  class A
    def a(y)
      def b(x)
        x + y	# `y' in a or `undefined local variable'?
      end
      10.times{ |i| print b(i) }
    end
  end

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Nobu Nakada