From: Pit Capitain <pit@...>
Date: 2005-11-16T23:05:40+09:00
Subject: Re: static variable; behaviour in ruby?

Hugh Sasse schrieb:
> I want to create a variable to hold state between calls of a method,
> but have the state disappear when the method goes out of scope.

and

> And, just to make matters worse, there could be several independent
> calls to this method within the scope, each with its own separate
> state.

Isn't this a contradiction?

When should the state appear and when should it disappear? What should 
be the scope of the state?

Regards,
Pit