From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2005-01-16T21:35:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Fwd: [suby-ruby] Your all time desired fundemental Ruby mod

Hi --

On Sun, 16 Jan 2005, trans.  (T. Onoma) wrote:

> I'm taking a little poll.
>
> Let say you're Matz, but without any of the pressures of keeping up with a
> previous version of Ruby. What one thing above all others would you like to
> see differ about Ruby?

I would be happy to see class variables (@@var) disappear.  But I
don't like the idea of class_attr_reader and things like that.  Just
use the existing attr_* methods, which Class objects already have just
as much access to as other objects.  If a Class object needs its own
state, let it keep its own state.  If it wants other objects to have
access to it, let it give them access.

Hand-in-hand with this, and for other reasons, I would like my
Kernel#singleton_class RCR to be accepted :-)  I think that would make
the whole singleton-class model enormously easier to explain and
grasp.  Unfortunately it's still surrounded by a kind of mystique and
mystery for many people -- which is really too bad, since it's
actually so simple and transparent and cool.


David

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David A. Black
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