From: Joseph McDonald <joe@...>
Date: 2001-10-06T03:19:49+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:22136] parse all code befoe executing


The following will not work in ruby because the method is defined
*after* ruby attempts to execute the method "hello":

hello
def hello;  puts "hello";  end
  
My question is:  are there any benefits to such behavior?  Would it be
better if ruby parsed the entire file before beginning execution (like
perl does)?  Is it possible or would it break a core ruby behavior?

thanks,
-joe