From: David Garamond Date: 2004-02-27T00:36:09+09:00 Subject: Re: Why don't $global and @instance variables need *initialization*? ts wrote: >>>>>>"D" == David Garamond writes: > D> Btw, what do people think of adding the following system hooks in Ruby: > What are you trying to solve ? Making Ruby raise NameError when an uninitialized global or instance variable is accessed (just like when a new local variable is mentioned without being assigned first). -- dave