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authorsimonw <simon@simonwillison.net>2009-11-24 04:13:21 -0700
committerRyan Dahl <ry@tinyclouds.org>2009-11-27 23:02:13 +0100
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Documented repl.scope for explicitly exposing variables within the repl.
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diff --git a/doc/api.txt b/doc/api.txt
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--- a/doc/api.txt
+++ b/doc/api.txt
@@ -1432,8 +1432,13 @@ tcp.createServer(function (c) {
}).listen(5000);
repl.start("simple tcp server> ");
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-
-
+The repl provides access to any variables in the global scope. You can expose a variable
+to the repl explicitly by assigning it to the +repl.scope+ object:
+------------------------------------
+var count = 5;
+repl.start();
+repl.scope.count = count;
+------------------------------------
== Addons