From: Devin Mullins <twifkak@...>
Date: 2005-06-11T11:26:10+09:00
Subject: Re: blocks, scope/context confusion

Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:

>Because "return 99" at the toplevel causes an exception as well.
>  
>
Ah! Thanks (I was curious, too). That makes sense.

>Try
>
>  def foo
>    meth1 { return 99 }
>  end
>  p foo
>
>  
>
Or, more to the point, try:

  def foo
    meth1 { return 99 }
    return 47
  end
  p foo

Corey: Here's an article on closures (which are, as I understand it, 
what blocks are) that might help some: 
http://www.sidhe.org/~dan/blog/archives/000152.html

Devin