From: ts Date: 2005-03-15T22:54:53+09:00 Subject: Re: need for a class_attr methods collection >>>>> "L" == Lionel Thiry writes: L> class MyClass L> @a = "value" L> class_attr_reader :a class << self attr_reader :a end L> end L> puts Test.a # it doesn't work L> I know class variables are already accessible through @@a. No, don't make confusion between class instance variable (i.e. @a in your example) and class variables (i.e. @@a) -- Guy Decoux