From: Eric Mahurin <eric_mahurin@...>
Date: 2005-07-28T21:43:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Idea for Ruby 2.0

--- Nikolai Weibull
<mailing-lists.ruby-talk@rawuncut.elitemail.org> wrote:

> Brian Schr�der wrote:
> 
> > But only for the sake of documentational value it works
> right now out
> > of the box. Just ignore variables beginning with an _ in
> your program,
> > and you are done. Or is your aim to optimize the time the
> assignment
> > takes?
> 
> Well, you can still reference them if you want to.  I guess
> optimization would be one goal.  Perhaps I'm just clutching
> at straws,
>         nikolai

There is no reason Ruby couldn't optimize for the case where a
variable is declared in the argument list and never used.



	
		
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