From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2001-05-16T14:19:48+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:15240] Re: Bug or feature? eval("x=5")

>>>>> "H" == Hal E Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> writes:

H>     eval("x=5")
H>     puts x             #  Never heard of x!

 The reference to x as a local variable or a method call is resolved at
 compile time.

 In this case, this is the first time that ruby see "x" and because this is
 not an assignement, ruby think that it's a method call.


Guy Decoux