From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2006-08-02T05:51:07+09:00
Subject: Re: I thought this was the one that worked?

On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 05:42:59AM +0900, ara.t.howard@noaa.gov wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Aug 2006, Chad Perrin wrote:
> 
> >On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 05:28:40AM +0900, ara.t.howard@noaa.gov wrote:
> >>On Wed, 2 Aug 2006, Chad Perrin wrote:
> >>>
> >>>It's not lexical scoping if that "a" variable is separate from the "a"
> >>>variable in the enclosing scope.
> >>
> >>yes.  it is, because there is no 'a' in the enclosing dynamic scope:
> >>
> >>    harp:~ > cat a.rb
> >>    a = 42
> >
> >If there's no "a", then perhaps you can tell me what the hell that is.
> 
> it's not that there is no 'a', it's that there is no enclosing scope.  the
> beginning of the 'def' introduces a new scope that is not 'contained' by the
> previous one.  this is basic ruby.

. . .

What does that have to do with anything?

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