From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2008-09-29T21:42:09+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby1.9 block scope

Hi,

In message "Re: ruby1.9 block scope"
    on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:24:02 +0900, Daniel DeLorme <dan-ml@dan42.com> writes:

|> | >> 1.times{ x=2 }
|> |=> 1
|> | >> x
|> |NameError: undefined local variable or method `x' for main:Object

|> I have once presented a plan to make it work so, but have never
|> implemented.  So it's not "changed reversed".  Just the idea
|> abandoned.
|
|Ah, ok, then I guess I *did* dream the whole thing. For the record, I 
|think it's a great idea and deserves to be implemented... in ruby 2.0 
|maybe ;-)

My vague idea for the issue is that when you see the reference to a
local variable inside of the block, the scope of the variable would be
upgraded to the level of the reference.

							matz.