From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto) Date: 2003-02-01T02:24:01+09:00 Subject: Re: Local variables & blocks Hi, In message "Re: Local variables & blocks" on 03/02/01, "Robert Klemme" writes: |Ok, I include another example to check whether I got it right: Unfortunately, wrong, even in the current behavior. | if defined? bar The "defined?" status resolved at compile time, so that this never be true, even after the first iteration, since there's no preceding assignment to the variable "bar". matz.