On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 1:45 AM, lalawawa <usenet / ccjj.info> wrote: > In perl, one is able to sort of 'declare' variables by mentioning them > in 'my' statements. Then, if you say 'use strict;', no variables that > weren't previously thus 'declared' are allowed. This is useful in that > it catches typos that might be difficult to detect in testing. > > Does ruby have an equivalent mechanism? > > You can also get an ide / editor that supports auto completion. There is a link to a giant google spreadsheet running around here somewhere. You might try looking into that if you are concerned.