I see what you mean. However,

x=3
if false
   x=2
end

puts x


This code outputs 3, not nil. And I think that's a more appropriate 
analogy.  I really don't understand what's happening though.


Frederick Cheung wrote in post #1022322:
> On Sep 16, 2:58pm, "Jonathan S." <[email protected]> wrote:
>>    puts params[:entity_selection]
>>    end
>>
>> So if it were the case that the params hash being mentioned could
>> overwrite it, then this version of the code would fail, right?
>>
>
> Except that it's not mentioned any more - it's commented out
> ( mentioned is obviously a rather wooly term)
>
> Fred

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