From: yermej <yermej@...>
Date: 2008-01-10T08:55:00+09:00
Subject: Re: problem with closure/block

On Jan 9, 3:42 pm, "levili...@gmail.com" <levili...@gmail.com> wrote:
> ###########################
> y=5
> print "y: " + y.to_s + "\n"
> text_at_the_end = lambda do |y|
>   print y + " text at the end\n"
> end
>
> print "y: " + y.to_s + "\n"
>
> def oneparam
>   yield("oneparam")
> end
>
> oneparam(&text_at_the_end)
> print "y: " + y + "\n"
>
> ########################
> It gives the following output:
>
> y: 5
> y: 5
> oneparam text at the end
> y: oneparam
>
> Is this a bug? Shouldn't "y" be in a local scope in "text_at_the_end"?
> I just downloadad Ruby yesterday:
>
>     Ruby Version 1.8.6
>     Installer Version 186-26

There are past threads that discuss this, but, basically, no, it's not
a bug, that's just how Ruby does it.