From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Date: 2000-12-06T12:37:30+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:6838] Re: instance variables

Hi,

In message "[ruby-talk:6830] instance variables"
    on 00/12/06, "Joseph McDonald" <joe@vpop.net> writes:

|errors out with: "formal argument cannot be an instance variable"
|which is fine.  I'm just curious if there is a reason for it.  It seems like
|it would be a nice shortcut.

I didn't think it's too good that implicit assignments which hide the
programmer's intention.

							matz.