Dave Storrs wrote:
>
> > The default variable scope rules for Ruby (default: local) are
> > much better suited for medium-to-large scale programming tasks;
> > no "my, my, my" proliferation is needed for safe Ruby programming
>
> Actually, this is the bit that interests me. Most times, when you
> create a variable, you *do* want local scope. I think I would be
> guardedly in favor of changing the default scope from global to local
> (although I have the feeling there is something I'm not considering). What
> does everyone else think?
There's been a big discussion on -strict on this. I invite you to join
the list and check out RFC 106, which I feel is a pretty good proposal.
But please, any further discussion on this needs to be on -strict, not
here. Thanks.
-Nate
