From: Eric Mahurin <eric_mahurin@...>
Date: 2005-05-31T06:09:39+09:00
Subject: Re: Local variables and functions

Last I checked that won't help in Ruby 1.9 - local variables
always hide methods of the same name, even with the ().  But,
that change (callable objects) may be reverted.

--- Kent Sibilev <ksruby@gmail.com> wrote:

> Your local variables always hide methods with the same name.
> In order
> to call a method instead of accessing a variable you should
> provide
> some hints to Ruby like use parentheses () or access a method
> explicitly through self.method_name.
> 
> Kent.
> 
> On 5/30/05, Robert Mannl <ro@cayoparaiso.com> wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > I got one question. While I was coding a method earlier
> today, and that
> > method had lots of local variables, I was thinking:
> > 
> > "What happens when I introduce a new method sometime in the
> future,
> > while adding features to my program? That may lead to name
> clashes"
> > 
> > For example, lets say I use the local variable "ids" in a
> method - as
> > soon as I introduce a method called ids into the class, or
> a mixin of
> > that class - whatever - the program breaks! And it's not
> easy to avoid
> > that..
> > 
> > Am I missing something here?
> > 
> > Thanks :)
> > 
> > 
> > Rob
> > 
> > PS: btw I'm getting some spam to my brand new email address
> (this one
> > I'm using) - I searched the web for my email address and an
> archive of
> > this Ruby mailing list --  shouldn't that be avoided?
> Posting emails on
> > the web I mean  --- it's not a big problem though, as this
> email is not
> > very important. Just curious
> > 
> >
> 
> 



		
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