From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Date: 2003-02-17T01:04:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Lexical scope and closures

Hi,

In message "Re: Lexical scope and closures"
    on 03/02/17, Jim Weirich <jweirich@one.net> writes:

|I think the most common case will be ... code that looks exactly like it
|does today.  I think the need for local will be rare, the thread
|examples being the one instance that I know of where local is definitely
|needed.

<snip>

Thank you for expressing my thought.  I wish I could describe my ideas
as good as you did.  Well, that's life.

|Matz will do what he thinks best.  And his track record is proven.  I
|have no fears about the changes he finally decides upon.

Don't trust me too much.  I failed once in this area.  But at least I
will take plenty of time before making final decision.

							matz.