From: Phil Mitchell <phil.$DELETEmitchell@...>
Date: 2001-09-27T21:32:15+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:21767] Re: scope in {} and do-end

Try:

  a=[1]
  for obj in a
    x = 5
  end
  puts x



On Thu, 27 Sep 2001 02:09:40 +0900, "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> wrote:
> Question...
> 
> I thought that braces introduced a new scope
> but do-end didn't.
> 
> Has this changed? Was it ever the case?
> 
> Both these fragments tell me x is undefined.
> 
> a=[1]
> a.each { x = 5 } 
> puts x
> 
> a=[1]
> a.each do x = 5 end
> puts x
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Hal
> 
> 
>