From: Chris Moline <ugly-daemon@...>
Date: 2001-05-05T13:57:37+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:14701] Re: Arggg Bitten by the block var scope feature!!!

On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 11:45:17PM +0900, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> |> This problem can be avoided in the future version, using <> instead of ||.
> 
> |I realize this has been discussed endlessly in the past. But I didn't
> |know the issue had been decided.
> 
> I already decided to take some action in the future, because I myself
> sometimes fell in this pitfall.  But - I should have mentioned in the
> previous post - I haven't decided the detail.  <> is a candidate of
> the action.
I was wondering, would we be allowed both?? ie if I wanted variables in the current scope to show up in this block I would use | *args | but if I didn't I would use < *args >.

Sincerly,
Chris Moline