From: Jason Lillywhite Date: 2009-03-18T14:12:20+09:00 Subject: Re: local state variables unique to different objects ah, thank you. Interesting how in Lisp (Scheme) you have to do: (begin (set! balance (- balance amount)) balance) to decrement the balance and change it's state - using the set! -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.