Re: FYI: Ruby 1.6.0 - An object-oriented language for quick and easyprogramming

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