From: Dave Thomas <dave@...>
Date: 2008-04-11T14:24:28+09:00
Subject: Re: var = nil if false; p var.nil? #=> true | bug of the day ?


On Apr 11, 2008, at 12:14 AM, Arie Kusuma Atmaja wrote:
> I tested it using Ruby 1.8.6 patch 111 and also Ruby 1.9.0 (revision  
> 15968).
>
> var = nil if false
> var.nil? #=> true

Ruby sees you have a local variable called 'var'. It hasn't been given  
a value, and so is nil.


Dave