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Created August 17, 2012 02:26
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How do Ruby closures work?
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ruby-closure-confusion.rb
greeting = "Hello"
def greeter
puts greeting
end
greeter
# undefined local variable or method `greeting' for main:Object (NameError)
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Methods are not lexical closures, so I'm not sure what you're asking here?

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avdi commented Aug 17, 2012

If you want a lexical closure you need to use define_method instead.

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