From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2003-02-06T21:30:39+09:00
Subject: Re: Local variables & blocks


<dblack@candle.superlink.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:Pine.LNX.4.44.0302060638090.20749-100000@candle.superlink.net...
> Many of the drawbacks people describe to the way Ruby handles block
> variables seem to be based on the idea that there are cases where you
> don't know what variable names you've used.  That's what I find
> uncompelling as a reason to change the behavior.

Yup!  The same problem arises with overly long methods.  Block don't add
anything to this.

Regards

    robert