On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 04:40:21PM +0900, Gavin Sinclair wrote: > Could this be made a solution to the block parameter scoping problem? > (I don't remember any concrete decision on that.) That is, make all matz has already explained his plans on this [52440]. They might change, though. > parameters local, and then use "export" to export the one(s) you want > to be visible from outside? To summarize: '=' refers to variables in the current method / class scope. ':=' refers to local vars block arguments are assigned with ':=' in case of shadowing a warning is issued. -- _ _ | |__ __ _| |_ ___ _ __ ___ __ _ _ __ | '_ \ / _` | __/ __| '_ ` _ \ / _` | '_ \ | |_) | (_| | |_\__ \ | | | | | (_| | | | | |_.__/ \__,_|\__|___/_| |_| |_|\__,_|_| |_| Running Debian GNU/Linux Sid (unstable) batsman dot geo at yahoo dot com Not only Guinness - Linux is good for you, too. -- Banzai on IRC