From: Mike Wilson <wmwilson1@...>
Date: 2001-02-03T11:30:35+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:10299] Re: Local directory search "server" script


>#! /usr/bin/ruby -w
>
>require 'cgi'
>
>
>def main 
>  @myname = File.basename($0)
>  @searchprog = "agrep -clr"
>  @hits = {}
>  @totalocc = 0
>

==Possible stupidity disclaimer ;)
I've never seen instance variables used in a non-OO program yet, do you do that because you create a main method and you want those visible through the whole file while still being able to define them within your method?  I would've expected $myname, etc, but the @ took me by suprise ;)

Thanks
Mike Wilson
Unix Administrator
http://ruby.weblogs.com
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