From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2009-08-11T04:47:15+09:00
Subject: Re: instance_variables vs. local_variables

David Whetstone wrote:
> local_variables lists 'a' before it is defined.  It appears as though
> local_variables is a list generated at parse time.

That's exactly right, IIRC.

Ruby, unlike smalltalk, lets you add ivars at any time, so 
instance_variables can only return what has been defined up to that point.

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