From: Kazuo Saito <ksaito@...>
Date: 2005-04-02T01:04:15+09:00
Subject: ruby-dev summary 25781-25961

Hi all,

Here is a summary of ruby-dev mailing list.


[ruby-dev:25853] conflict method and local variable
[ruby-dev:25879] Ruby2.0MethodSearchRule
[ruby-dev:25880] Ruby2.0LambdaWithLocalVariable

  Hidetoshi Nagai asked about following behavior on 1.9:

      $ /usr/local/bin/ruby -v
      ruby 1.9.0 (2005-03-07) [i686-linux]
      $ /usr/local/bin/ruby -e "
      class A
        def hoge(x)
          p x
        end
      end

      a = A.new
      a.instance_eval{hoge('fuga')}
      hoge = 'aaa'
      a.instance_eval{hoge('fuga')}
      p hoge
      "
      "fuga"
      -e:11: undefined method `call' for "aaa":String (NoMethodError)

  Matz replied that it is a experimental 2.0 feature allowing us to
  call Proc object in local variables directly (See [1] for details).

  During the discussion, Matz brought another new idea to change
  method search rule (See [2]).  The idea protects unwanted method
  overriding and conflict of method signatures, by starting method
  search from the class we are looking at, not from "self" object.
  You can call the method in "self" object by adding "self." to
  function style call.

  Matz said that these are *experimental* yet and feel free to
  show your idea.


[ruby-dev:25877] Ruby2.0BlockLocalVariable

  SASADA Koichi suggest us consider a new specification of block local
  variables, appeared on Matz blog.  Babie posted a good English summary
  of the spec to Redhand (See [3]).  Shugo Maeda asked about warning for
  statements that uses block local variables from outside of the block:

    def hoge
       iter{|a ; b|
          ...
       }
       p a #=> error on CVS HEAD, but this will be warned
    end

  He said that it may be OK to keep this causes error.  Matz answered
  this will be changed to warning, but users will fixed the warning
  in most cases.


  [1] Ruby2.0LambdaWithLocalVariable:
        
http://pub.cozmixng.org/~the-rwiki/rw-cgi.rb?cmd=view; 
name=Ruby2.0LambdaWithLocalVariableEnglish
  [2] Ruby2.0MethodSearchRule:
        
http://pub.cozmixng.org/~the-rwiki/rw-cgi.rb?cmd=view; 
name=Ruby2.0MethodSearchRuleEnglish
  [3] Ruby 2.0 block local variable:
       http://redhanded.hobix.com/inspect/ruby20BlockLocalVariable.html


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Kazuo Saito <ksaito@uranus.dti.ne.jp>