From: Brian Candler <B.Candler@...>
Date: 2003-04-30T22:09:52+09:00
Subject: Re: ugly style variables

On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 08:53:01PM +0900, ts wrote:
> >>>>> "s" == saggmannen  <saggmannen@yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> s> Perl. Let's say I'm not in love with them. Is there an alternative way
> s> to obtain the same functionality, but in a more verbose and intuitive
> s> way?
> 
>  Well, you have lib/English.rb which create aliases, for example
> 
> pigeon% head English.rb 
> alias $ERROR_INFO              $!

and some have aliases already: e.g. $: has one but I can never remember it
(digs through Ruby source code... ah yes, it's $LOAD_PATH)

Regards,

Brian.