From: Philip Mak <pmak@...>
Date: 2002-06-04T08:34:20+09:00
Subject: Declaring variables?

As I understand it, there isn't really a concept of "declaring" a
variable in ruby. When I make an assignment to a variable, it's
automatically created with the type of the rvalue if needed.

If I try to read a variable that doesn't exist, I'll get an exception.

But what if I try to set the wrong variable name? e.g.:

number = 3
numbr += 1 # a typo
puts number # prints 3, but should have printed 4

Is there a way to protect myself from typos on lvalue variable names?