From: Pit Capitain <pit@...>
Date: 2005-06-03T02:53:43+09:00
Subject: Re: how to create a variable with eval - solved! [WAS] Re: binding, ObjectSpace._id2ref [WAS] Re: [ANN] parseargs-0.0.0

Ara.T.Howard schrieb:
> hmm.  i guess here
> 
>   def a; 'forty-two'; end
> 
>   set_var 'a', 42
>   p a
> 
> we get the method.  and here
> 
>   def a; 'forty-two'; end
> 
>   a = 42
>   p a
> 
> we get the local_variable.  so in either case you get a name clash - 
> but the sense of it is reversed with set_var.

Yes, this is what I wanted to show. "Name clash" was the wrong term.

> i wonder if this is un-intuitive enough to render it useless?

Oh no, this isn't useless at all! Don't get me wrong. I only wanted to 
show the difference to "normal" local variables.

Regards,
Pit