From: ts Date: 2001-03-12T20:01:33+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:12476] Re: FEATURE REQUEST: 'my' local variables >>>>> "G" == GOTO Kentaro writes: G> For example, loop{|a| ... } means as same as the current model. In G> loop{|a;b| b = a; .... }, b is a shadowed counter. Perhaps you can write loop{(a;b) .... } where a and b are new local variables in the current scope Guy Decoux