From: Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@...>
Date: 2010-11-11T18:20:53+09:00
Subject: Re: what's an object?

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On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 2:59 AM, Ammar Ali <ammarabuali@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Brian Candler <b.candler@pobox.com>
> wrote:
> > One other point. A local variable is not an object and never is -
>
> I think that's too general and confusing, at least to me.
>
> >> def m
> >>   a = [1,2,3]
> >>   p a.is_a?(Object)
> >>   end
> => nil
> >> m
> true
> => true
>
> Is there more insight behind that statement? Or am I missing something
> fundamental?
>
> Thanks,
> Ammar
>
>
I assume he means a itself, as opposed to the object that a is referencing.

I personally think that most of these conversations end up pedantic and
useless. I subscribe to Yehuda Katz's view that if a complicated mental
model doesn't provide anything useful, it should not be used as an
explanation
http://yehudakatz.com/2010/02/25/rubys-implementation-does-not-define-its-semantics/

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