From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2006-10-10T23:16:53+09:00
Subject: Re: || explanation in ruby... in pseudolanguage

On Tue, 10 Oct 2006, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:

> Hi,
>
> In message "Re: || explanation in ruby... in pseudolanguage"
>    on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 18:15:22 +0900, dblack@wobblini.net writes:
>
> |Possibly...
> |
> |   item = 1
> |   [2,3,4].each do |item| end
> |   p item                      # 4
>
> Not in 1.9, where block parameters are local to the block, since
> recent change.

i know this has been discussed many times, and block locals definitely makes
sense, but it __is__ a massive change that will break quite a bit of code.
is there somewhere the new scoping rules are spelled out so we can get a heads
up?  is there a reccomended approach that will work in both 1.8 and 1.9 so as
to smooth the transition?

regards.

-a
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