No worries at all, thanks for using MacRuby. - Matt
On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Braxton Sherouse < shero...@email.virginia.edu> wrote: > Thanks; that's totally it. > > That specific spec change is painfully clear in > https://github.com/rubyspec/rubyspec/blob/master/core/kernel/eval_spec.rb > (but, of course, I didn't think to look there!) > > Best, > Braxton > > On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Matt Aimonetti <mattaimone...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > It's actually a difference between Ruby 1.8 and 1.9, see the same code > with > > 1.9.3: > > > > $ irb > > 1.9.3p125 :001 > eval "f=12" > > => 12 > > 1.9.3p125 :002 > f > > NameError: undefined local variable or method `f' for main:Object > > from (irb):2 > > from /Users/mattetti/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p125/bin/irb:16:in `<main>' > > > > - Matt > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 7:14 PM, Braxton Sherouse > > <shero...@email.virginia.edu> wrote: > >> > >> Hello, all. I'm new to the list (and to MacRuby!), so I give my > >> apologies in advance for any newbie indiscretions. > >> > >> I was working today with MacRuby as a scripting language within a > >> Cocoa app, and found a difference between how Ruby and MacRuby's eval > >> functions relate to their calling context. > >> > >> Here's a reduction: > >> > >> % irb --version > >> irb 0.9.5(05/04/13) > >> > >> % irb > >> >> eval("f = 12") > >> => 12 > >> >> f > >> => 12 > >> > >> % macirb --version > >> DietRB (0.6.1) > >> > >> % macirb > >> irb(main):001:0> eval("f = 12") > >> => 12 > >> irb(main):002:0> f > >> NameError: undefined local variable or method `f' for main:TopLevel > >> > >> > >> I'm sure I'm missing something super basic. I followed a number of > >> false leads in trying to figure this out before emailing the list, > >> including checking out the $SAFE global (0 in both cases), and > >> constructing Bindings to the calling context (same result). > >> > >> Thanks in advance for your patience and your help! > >> > >> Best, > >> Braxton Sherouse > >> _______________________________________________ > >> MacRuby-devel mailing list > >> MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org > >> http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MacRuby-devel mailing list > > MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org > > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel > > > _______________________________________________ > MacRuby-devel mailing list > MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel >
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