From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2001-03-12T20:15:53+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:12479] Re: getting caller's $_

>>>>> "M" == Mathieu Bouchard <matju@sympatico.ca> writes:

M> 	def ~; $_ =~ self; end

 When you write this, the first *local* variable is $_. This mean, in this
 case, that $_ is always initialised with nil in 'def ~'

 $_ is a local and thread-local variable.


Guy Decoux