From: mathew Date: 2005-09-11T15:26:31+09:00 Subject: Re: confused by nested functions Navindra Umanee wrote: > Why does the first one work but not the second one? Ruby doesn't really have nested functions, and "def" is executable code just like anything else. So a nested "def" doesn't define its function until the function containing it is executed. (Caught me out too.) mathew -- WE HAVE TACOS