Pry Error: Cannot find local context. Did you use `binding.pry`?

Question

Why am I getting this pry error?

[36] pry(main)> s = "pry"
Error: Cannot find local context. Did you use `binding.pry`?

It works fine in this screencast http://pryrepl.org/

I admit I got the same error today for the first time in my life. I seem to install latest `pry`. This error appears when one tries to assign value to `s`, or use `s` in any other context (sic!) I believe, this is latest release bug of _pry_. `a = 'pry'` will work for you. — Aleksei Matiushkin, Mar 27 '15 at 16:25

Travis Yoder · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-27T16:50:29.240

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It seems that s, c and n are reserved commands on the pry-nav gem, found here, that help you to step through bindings.

Pry.commands.alias_command 'c', 'continue'
Pry.commands.alias_command 's', 'step'
Pry.commands.alias_command 'n', 'next'

They are set up by default but can be removed by putting:

Pry::Commands.delete 'c'
Pry::Commands.delete 'n'
Pry::Commands.delete 's'

in a file called .pryrc in your root directory.

edited Mar 27 '15 at 16:50

answered Mar 27 '15 at 16:47

Travis Yoder

Yes, looks like this is relatively new. – Snowcrash Mar 27 '15 at 16:49
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And it's stuff like this that makes me prefer plain old `debugger`. – Pistos Mar 07 '17 at 21:53
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`f` seems to be reserved as well – tpei Jan 08 '18 at 08:21
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Useful for removing the `next` command that is a Ruby keyword – Cyril Duchon-Doris Apr 25 '18 at 08:07

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