From: sigzero@...
Date: 2005-01-24T22:50:58+09:00
Subject: This is wierd...

I just installed 1.8.2 to get a feel for Ruby. I tried the hello.rb
file.

This works:
class Hello

attr_reader :msg

def initialize

@msg = "Hello, World"

end

end

h = Hello.new

puts h.msg

print "Press RETURN"

$stdin.gets

This does not:

class Hello
attr_reader :msg

def initialize
@msg = "Hello, World"
end
end

h = Hello.new
puts h.msg
print "Press RETURN"
$stdin.gets

hello.rb:2: formal argument cannot be an instance variable
It is the same code except the spacing. What is the deal?

Robert