From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2010-08-04T06:31:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Block variable & Local variable

Hi --

On Tue, 3 Aug 2010, Eugen Ciur wrote:

> Not exactly. Blocks defines a new variable scope, however blocks have access
> to variables defined outside block scope.
> Thus, a variable defined outside block will be modified inside block (for
> ruby 1.8.6).

In Ruby 1.9.1 too, for non-parameter variables -- for example:

   a = nil
   10.times {|i| a = i }
   p a   # 9


David

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