From: Li Chen <chen_li3@...>
Date: 2010-04-12T09:34:47+09:00
Subject: Re: Method call within a class

Josh Cheek wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Li Chen <chen_li3@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Andrea,
> Except on assignments, because it looks like you are creating a local
> variable.
> Example:
> 
> class Foo
>   attr_accessor :bar
>   def bad_assign
>     bar = 'baz'
>     defined? bar
>   end
>   def good_assign
>     self.bar = 'baz'
>     defined? bar
>   end
> end
> 
> foo = Foo.new
> 
> foo.bad_assign  # => "local-variable"
> foo.bar         # => nil
> 
> foo.good_assign # => "method"
> foo.bar         # => "baz"


Thank you so much. Where can I find more info about this usage?

Li

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