The thing I used to hate about smalltalk was having to define the temporary vars...

		shaunxcode on Sept 18, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Actually, you don't understand lexical scope The thing I used to hate about smalltalk was having to define the temporary vars at the top of the method/block. Now it just seems like a great idea which clarifies any sort of ambiguity like this.