From: Yukihiro Matsumoto Date: 2005-10-06T13:37:21+09:00 Subject: Re: foo= ... the only exception to the implicit-self rule ? Hi, In message "Re: foo= ... the only exception to the implicit-self rule ?" on Thu, 6 Oct 2005 13:16:49 +0900, "itsme213" writes: |I know that otherwise one would somehow have to indicate local variables. |Was this the main reason for this choice? Yes. |Does this issue (distinguishing local variables) have to be dealt with |anyway in any other contexts e.g. block-local variables? Yes. matz.