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MenTaL sends this one in:

 pr = lambda { puts "Safelevel: #$SAFE" }
 $SAFE = 4
 pr.call
 1.times(&pr)

Bug or feature? Anyone want to help us out here? Globals are thread-local, so it’s not the case with other globals. So what makes $SAFE so special? (Seen on ~sasada.)