Ruby Programming Language :: Question about getc


	Question about getc Hi, In message "Re: Question about getc" on Tue, 5 Jun 2007 19:15:06 +0900, "Sun Park" <geniusleo@gmail.com> writes: \|If we call gets(), the returned string is copied to a special variable $_ \|Do we have such things for getc(), too? No, implicit global variables are evil. I'd rather remove $_ in the future. matz. On Jun 5, 2007, at 8:55 AM, Sun Park wrote: > I use global variables for golfing only.. :) but please don't > remove $_! This is probably a good argument for removing the variable. ;) James Edward Gray II On 6/5/07, Yukihiro Matsumoto <m@ruby-lang.org> wrote: > Hi, > In message "Re: Question about getc" > on Tue, 5 Jun 2007 19:15:06 +0900, "Sun Park" <geniusleo@gmail.com> writes: > \|If we call gets(), the returned string is copied to a special variable $_ > \|Do we have such things for getc(), too? > No, implicit global variables are evil. I'd rather remove $_ in the > future. > matz. Oooooh, I love it when matz talks like that! http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/articles/2007/06/05/money-is-the-r... -- Rick DeNatale My blog on Ruby http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ On 6/5/07, James Edward Gray II <j@grayproductions.net> wrote: > On Jun 5, 2007, at 8:55 AM, Sun Park wrote: > > I use global variables for golfing only.. :) but please don't > > remove $_! > This is probably a good argument for removing the variable. ;) > James Edward Gray II As both a dedicated Rubyist, and an astronomically high-handicap USGA member, I'm all for getting rid of both $_ AND golfing from Ruby. Golf is for getting away from the computer. <G> -- Rick DeNatale My blog on Ruby http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Hi, Am Dienstag, 05. Jun 2007, 22:48:55 +0900 schrieb Yukihiro Matsumoto: > [...] implicit global variables are evil. I'd rather remove $_ in the > future. I _never_ use $_ in any 'def'ed method but I use it in _every_ '-ne'/'-pe' oneliner. Please keep it. Bertram -- Bertram Scharpf Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany http://www.bertram-scharpf.de