From: Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...>
Date: 2007-07-05T00:18:11+09:00
Subject: Re: block params scoping (was ruby-talk 257917: RE: Using a block to surround a string?)

On 7/4/07, dblack@wobblini.net <dblack@wobblini.net> wrote:

> My preference would be for it to stay as it now is (assignment
> semantics), without a warning.  I've never been convinced that it's
> such a big problem, and I think it's a pity to do away with the
> assignment semantics which could prove useful.

Can you show an example of where it might be useful?  I was under the
impression that it simply reassigned to the last value passed into the
block (at the end of it all) and was having a hard time of finding a
feature in that behaviour.  But I am open to enlightenment. :)