From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2004-03-03T20:47:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Why do inner methods count in outer scope?

On Wednesday, March 3, 2004, 5:44:46 PM, Charles wrote:

> def foo(x)
> 	def bar(n)
> 		n + 1
> 	end
> 	bar(x)
> end

foo(5) # ->> 6
bar(5) # ->> 6

> Why is bar escaping the scope of foo?  Is this a bug, or an unintended
> feature?

Heh, I thought "def inside def" wasn't even allowed!

Gavin