Feature #11534: Circular assignment / method shadowing unexpected behavior

• Status: Rejected
• Assignee: -
• Target version: -

[tsmith (Tim Smith)]

def foo
  1
end

puts foo + 1

bar = foo + 1
puts bar

foo = foo + 1
puts foo

# EXPECTED
2
2
2

# ACTUAL
2
2
undefined method `+' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)

[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

• Description updated (diff)
• Status changed from Open to Rejected

Assignment statements make variables.

[tsmith (Tim Smith)]

• Tracker changed from Bug to Feature

Then consider it a feature request ;) First evaluate the righthand side, then make the variable.