From: Curt Sampson <cjs@...>
Date: 2005-04-13T15:21:52+09:00
Subject: Scope in Method Definitions


Presumably there's some theory behind this, but this is a seeming
inconsistency in the language that I don't understand.

     foo = "foo"
     C = Class.new() {
 	def method1; puts foo; end
 	define_method(:method2) { puts foo }
     }

     C.new.method2	# prints "foo"
     C.new.method1	# NameError: undefined local variable or method `foo'

Can someone explain why this is sensible behaviour?

cjs
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