From: David Alan Black <dblack@...>
Date: 2004-04-18T21:34:10+09:00
Subject: Re: New Local Variable Scope rule

Hi --

ts <decoux@moulon.inra.fr> writes:

> >>>>> "D" == David Alan Black <dblack@wobblini.net> writes:
> 
> D>   ...  Thread.new do |a|   # etc.
> 
>  or like this
> 
>              local do |a|
> 
>  and you see immediately an advantage : you can cut/paste your block and
>  ruby will do always the same thing because the block-local variable is
>  directly associated with its block via ||
> 
>  This is not true with 1.8

Is a 'local' keyword being introduced in 2.0?  I can't find mention of
it.


David

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David A. Black
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