From: Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>
Date: 2003-01-30T03:07:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Local variables & blocks

Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@ruby-lang.org> wrote:
 
> I may drop ':=' part, i.e. 
> 
>  * block parameters are local to the block
>  * shadowing cause warnings
>  * no other way to make block local variables

I like this - I find myself defining a variable simply so that it'll
persist beyond the end of a block fairly often, and it's always struck
me as a bit of a code smell. 

martin