From: ptkwt@...1.aracnet.com (Phil Tomson)
Date: 2003-02-09T17:31:32+09:00
Subject: Re: 'static' variables in a proc?

In article <200302090025.11716.transami@transami.net>,
Tom Sawyer  <transami@transami.net> wrote:
>On Saturday 08 February 2003 10:51 pm, Phil Tomson wrote:
>> Is there a way to get a variable in a proc that maintains it's value
>> between different calls of the proc?
>
>a = 1
>p = proc {
>	puts a
>	a+=1
>}
>

Right, I know that would work, but it's not exactly what I'm looking for 
in this case as I might want to use the proc in several places and I would 
like to have 'a' be different in each.

Phil