From: Furio Filoseta Date: 2001-03-08T13:37:04+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:12258] Re: FEATURE REQUEST: 'my' local variables I am sure you see this as useful, but I honestly can�t grasp why on earth one would one to deliberately introduce one more worry. I mean, if I knew the var would be local, I would name it in a related way, Xl for example. Then again, this may only be a reflection of my own lack of proficiency. Can you show me a case in which it would be indispensable to have such a construct ?| FRF