From: ts Date: 2004-07-25T20:13:04+09:00 Subject: Re: [NUBY] Instance variable accessible from class method? >>>>> "A" == Alexey Verkhovsky writes: A> What is the meaning of instance variable being accessible from a class a class is an object and like any object it can have instance variable A> method? Which instance holds the value of that variable, if none has A> been explicitly created yet? try this svg% ruby -e 'class A; p self; @a = 12 end' A svg% the instance variable will be defined for A Guy Decoux