From: Dave Thomas Date: 2001-05-24T02:57:04+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:15606] Re: How to avoid spelling mistakes of variable names Jim Freeze writes: > Yes, but this does not help when you mispell the left hand word: > > fred = 1 > betr = fred + 1 Umm, it does next time you try to use it. And if you don't use it, then it doesn't matter :) Dave