From: "Guerry A. Semones" Date: 2001-03-06T07:14:48+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:12064] Re: RCR: shortcut for instance variable David Black wrote > def blah(var@) > end > > would be precisely equivalent to: > > def blah(var) > @var = var > end > > which fits in with Dave's original goal. FWIW, I think I like this suggestion best so far. Thanks, Guerry -- Guerry Semones, gsemones@treenleaf.com, http://www.treenleaf.com Code Ruby (http://www.ruby-lang.org) Be Extreme (http://www.extremeprogramming.org) Be Pragmatic (http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/ppbook) Ride the Cluetrain (http://www.cluetrain.com)