From: Damjan Rems <d_rems@...>
Date: 2008-04-11T16:18:46+09:00
Subject: Re: var = nil if false; p var.nil? #=> true | bug of the day ?

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
> 

irb(main):001:0> a = 1
=> 1
irb(main):002:0> a = nil if false
=> nil
irb(main):003:0> a
=> 1
irb(main):004:0> b
NameError: undefined local variable or method `b' for main:Object
        from (irb):4
irb(main):005:0> b = nil if false
=> nil
irb(main):006:0> b
=> nil

There is some salt in the problem althow I don't think that it makes any 
troubles in real life.

by
TheR
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