From: Lionel Thiry <lthiryidontwantspam@...>
Date: 2005-03-15T22:55:17+09:00
Subject: [newby] class variables and class instance variable?

Hello.

class Test
   @a = "value"

   def self.a
     @a
   end

   def initialize
     @@a = "value2"
   end

   def a
     @@a
   end
end

puts Test.a # output: value
puts Test.new.a # output: value2

I don't understand (and I'm quite surprised), what is the difference in terms of 
OO design between class variables, the @@a in the example above, and class 
instance variables, the @a in the example?

Thanks in advance,
Lionel Thiry