From: 7stud -- Date: 2009-08-25T01:14:08+09:00 Subject: Re: Modules setting values to nil in unprocessed conditional 7stud -- wrote: > > However, when ruby parses this line: > >> riddle = 'solved!' > > ruby creates a local variable named riddle. Just to clarify: "parse" is different than "execute". That line will never execute, but ruby still parses the code; and it's when ruby parses the code that the local variable riddle is created. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.