From: Seb Clediere <Sebastien.Clediere@_nospam_laposte.net>
Date: 2003-05-30T21:49:40+09:00
Subject: local variable and local variable in block behave differently

Dear Rubyists,

I am sligthly surprised by this behaviour:

if false
   b = ""
else
   1.times { b = "b" }
end

puts defined? b # => local-variable
puts b          # => b

1.times do
   if false
     a = ""
   else
     1.times { a = "a" }
   end
   puts defined? a # => local-variable(in-block)
   puts a          # => nil
end

Any reason?

Thanks

Seb.