From: Michael Campbell <michael_s_campbell@...>
Date: 2002-10-03T04:20:32+09:00
Subject: Re: bugs


--- "Kontra, Gergely" <kgergely@mlabdial.hit.bme.hu> wrote:
> >> k='Hello'
> >> [1,2,3].map {|k| k}
> >> puts k
> >> 
> >> It prints 3 under ruby1!
> >
> >Yes, using block argument equals to assignment to it.
> 
> But shouldn't it be local to the block? It may cause nice errors...
> If it is available outside the block, it is a Bad Idea(tm).

This is a "Ruby Gotcha".  *IF* you declare a variable before the
block, it uses that one.  If you don't, it creates its own, but its
scope IS the block.

I find this... odd, and I don't like it, but that's the way it is.

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