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diff --git a/doc/globals.rdoc b/doc/globals.rdoc index 8729ff2134..083b2a18cb 100644 --- a/doc/globals.rdoc +++ b/doc/globals.rdoc @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ == Pre-defined global variables -$!:: The exception information message set by 'raise'. -$@:: Array of backtrace of the last exception thrown. +$!:: The Exception object set by Kernel#raise. +$@:: The same as $!.backtrace. $~:: The information about the last match in the current scope (thread-local and frame-local). $&:: The string matched by the last successful match. $`:: The string to the left of the last successful match. @@ -12,18 +12,17 @@ $+:: The highest group matched by the last successful match. $1:: The Nth group of the last successful match. May be > 1. $=:: This variable is no longer effective. Deprecated. $/:: The input record separator, newline by default. Aliased to $-0. -$\:: The output record separator for the print and IO#write. Default is nil. -$,:: The output field separator for the print and Array#join. Non-nil $, will be deprecated. +$\:: The output record separator for Kernel#print and IO#write. Default is nil. +$,:: The output field separator for Kernel#print and Array#join. Non-nil $, will be deprecated. $;:: The default separator for String#split. Non-nil $; will be deprecated. Aliased to $-F. $.:: The current input line number of the last file that was read. $<:: The same as ARGF. -$>:: The default output for print, printf. $stdout by default. +$>:: The default output stream for Kernel#print and Kernel#printf. $stdout by default. $_:: The last input line of string by gets or readline. $0:: Contains the name of the script being executed. May be assignable. $*:: The same as ARGV. -$$:: The process number of the Ruby running this script. -$?:: The status of the last executed child process. This value is - thread-local. +$$:: The process number of the Ruby running this script. Same as Process.pid. +$?:: The status of the last executed child process (thread-local). $LOAD_PATH:: Load path for searching Ruby scripts and extension libraries used by Kernel#load and Kernel#require. Aliased to $: and $-I. Has a singleton method $LOAD_PATH.resolve_feature_path(feature) |