From: Todd Benson <caduceass@...>
Date: 2008-02-22T06:53:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Where does instance_eval _magically_ set the variable to?

On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Andrew Chen <hangfei@gmail.com> wrote:
> Todd,
>  Yes, load more proper here than instance_eval.
>  Also, I will use File.open block instead of File.read.
>
>  However, this is still a mystery:
>  In the original code, where did the variable "name" go?  How to access
>  that?

It's signed up for garbage collection when you exit the #instance_eval
or #load method (I think).  In other words, it has a temporary
existence.  There's nothing holding on to it (referencing it).

Todd