[Help-smalltalk] Re: [bug] Class variables only bound in methods following them

[Damien Pollet]

Issue status update for 
http://smalltalk.gnu.org/project/issue/286
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Project:      GNU Smalltalk
Version:      <none>
Component:    VM
Category:     bug reports
Priority:     normal
Assigned to:  Unassigned
Reported by:  dpollet
Updated by:   dpollet
-Status:       invalid
+Status:       active

Actually, ruby behaves like I want:
  def hello
    puts HELLO
  end
  # calling hello would fail here
  HELLO = "Hello, world!"
  hello()

the variable is bound like it should even if the reference is before
the declaration (well actually it's declared when it's first seen in
the method), but of course if you evaluate it before it's been
initialized, then you get an exception.