From: "T. Onoma" <transami@...>
Date: 2003-11-27T00:06:37+09:00
Subject: Re: Controlled block variables

On Wednesday 26 November 2003 09:56 am, ts wrote:

>  ruby-core:1728 and ruby-talk:86133 are another good examples

<quote source="ruby-talk:86133">
Except that it means more work for interpreter to enforce rule of not allowing 
it. Would you say the same thing about this?

class WhatDoIDo

  def dothis
    print "Nope"
  end

  def dothis
    print "Yep"
  end

end
<quote>

To think this makes me look like a nubie! HAH! I think you made too much of an 
assumption and thus did not really understand me. perhaps other did not 
understand either, so I will clear up.

The point was that this is completely allowed. The previous def just gets 
replaced by the next one. This was in response to 

> Agreed 100% - I see no reason for allowing several hooks
> in the same class.

Does it make sense now?

As for 1728, I really had just never done that before. I have always defined 
my classes prior to substantiating any object. Never even occured to me that 
if I susbsequently altered my classes that all my objects would change too.

-t0