From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2005-10-02T11:06:46+09:00
Subject: Re: ideas for an RCR: variable locality


Eric Mahurin wrote:

> Again, my module/end proposal would localize all variables
> inside, but would use an external value when reading a local
> variable not yet defined.  I proposed to reuse "module" to not
> create a new keyword, but something else could be used.

I don't think reusing 'module' this way is a good idea. Modules don;t
grad varaible from outside there scope.

> And on the block side, I proposed a new block format ({{...}})
> which would do the same for variables inside the block.  In
> ruby 2, the default block will have all variables scoped at the
> same as what contains the block.

{{ }} is ambigous too as an empty hash in a block.

T.