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* doc/syntax/assignment.rdoc (Local Variables and Methods): Fixed

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example showing caching of a method's results into a local variable.
  Added not about using an explicit receiver to call a method that
  matches a local variable.  Suggested by markov_twain on twitter.


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Wed Jan 23 10:34:47 2013 Eric Hodel <drbrain@segment7.net>
* doc/syntax/assignment.rdoc (Local Variables and Methods): Fixed
example showing caching of a method's results into a local variable.
Added not about using an explicit receiver to call a method that
matches a local variable. Suggested by markov_twain on twitter.
Wed Jan 23 10:20:08 2013 Eric Hodel <drbrain@segment7.net>
* lib/README: Fixed typo. Patch by Pradeep Sahoo.

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@ -86,11 +86,15 @@ code, for example:
42 # pretend this takes a long time
end
big_calculation = big_calculation
big_calculation = big_calculation()
Now any reference to +big_calculation+ is considered a local variable and will
be cached. To call the method, use <code>self.big_calculation</code>.
You can force a method call by using empty argument parentheses as shown above
or by using an explicit receiver like <code>self.</code>. Using an explicit
receiver may raise a NameError if the method's visibility is not public.
Another commonly confusing case is when using a modifier +if+:
p a if a = 0.zero?