From: Jason Dusek <jsn.s.rubix.cube@...>
Date: 2006-09-15T07:40:33+09:00
Subject: script local variables - the root of all mystery?

I have a script with top level variables in it (i.e - variables that
are not declared within a block, function definition or class
definition). When I run this script through irb with load, I can
access the variables just as though I had defined them in irb. Cool!

Then I added a true global variable - $opts - to my script. I run it
through irb and, lo and behold, I can't get at those top level
variables anymore. What happenned? Did declaring the global variable
somehow sink my script into its own context?
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