From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2005-10-07T00:14:14+09:00
Subject: Re: foo= ... the only exception to the implicit-self rule ?

Hi --

On Thu, 6 Oct 2005, Ara.T.Howard wrote:

> i think a symbol for local vars makes a TON of sense and is, really, in
> keeping with ruby's design since every other scope is signaled by a symbol.

That ("in keeping with Ruby's design") is only true if you assume that
the non-local variables somehow represent the truth about Ruby's
design in a way that the local ones do not.  I would suggest, however,
that the "bareword" nature of local variables is 100% as much part of
Ruby's design as the $var nature of globals, etc., is.

The thing is, it doesn't have to be a "winner-take-all" contest
between two abstractions (with symbol/without symbol).  It's a system;
it can have components that differ from each other, and/or are similar
to each other, in any number of ways.


David

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David A. Black
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