From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2005-10-07T01:11:48+09:00
Subject: Re: foo= ... the only exception to the implicit-self rule ?


Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In message "Re: foo= ... the only exception to the implicit-self rule ?"
>     on Thu, 6 Oct 2005 13:16:49 +0900, "itsme213" <itsme213@hotmail.com> writes:
>
> |I know that otherwise one would somehow have to indicate local variables.
> |Was this the main reason for this choice?
>
> Yes.

I'm not sure local precedence is worth it though. Consider:

  require 'yaml'
  eqmeths = []
  ObjectSpace.each_object{|o|
    s = o.methods.select{ |m| m.to_s =~ /=$/ }
    eqmeths |= s
  }
  y eqmeths

  ---
  - "[]="
  - "=="
  - "==="
  - ">="
  - "<="
  - ui=
  - debug=
  - sync=
  - lineno=
  - pos=
  - default=
  - ssl_available=
  - uid=
  - euid=
  - gid=
  - egid=
  - groups=
  - maxgroups=
  - abort_on_exception=
  - priority=
  - critical=
  - families=
  - private_types=
  - anchors=
  - bufsize=
  - version=
  - verify_data=
  - only_signed=
  - verify_signer=
  - verify_chain=
  - verify_root=
  - only_trusted=

T.