From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2002-08-12T09:51:13+09:00
Subject: Re: The problem with using $1 in regexps

Good programmers use $1 etc when porting Perl to Ruby.  They're not *that*
ugly.  But they are ugly enough to switch to more pure-Ruby once the program
works.

Gavin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Yukihiro Matsumoto" <matz@ruby-lang.org>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2002 1:48 AM
Subject: Re: The problem with using $1 in regexps


> Hi,
>
> In message "Re: The problem with using $1 in regexps"
>     on 02/08/10, michael libby <x@ichimunki.com> writes:
>
> |Perl's (and Ruby's) $digits are globals. Good programmers avoid globals (or
> |at least that's what they tell me <grin>).
>
> Ruby's $digits are *not* globals, despite of their appearance.  They
> are (and $~ too) local to the current scope.  Good programmers avoid
> using $digits probably because they are ugly.
>
> matz.