From: "trans." <tsawyer@...>
Date: 2005-01-21T23:10:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Protected instance variables

David wrote:
So having them be [protected,private] (not sure which is
the  right term) would mean you could make up your own
instance variable names in class or module scope and not
have to worry.

Hmm... That certainly seems like a good idea. And then you'd use
accessors to get at those on different levels. But attribute names
(i.e. method names for accessing those instance vars)  would still come
into conflict, which partially of defeats the purpose. ?