From: "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...>
Date: 2001-05-29T07:25:07+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:15898] Re: If you want explicit instvar definitions...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Stefan Matthias Aust <sma@3plus4.de>
To: ruby-talk ML <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>; <ruby-talk@netlab.co.jp>
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 3:10 AM
Subject: [ruby-talk:15858] If you want explicit instvar definitions...


> To allow a better documentation of classes, I added a "var" method to
> the kernel module which helps me to write down instance variable
> definition is a readable manner.  I'd like to some opinions whether
> this is a stupid idea or a useful one.

Stupid or useful?  :)  Are those always mutually exclusive?

My personal opinion is that it is somewhat contrary to the spirit of
Ruby.

But writing it was no doubt an interesting exercise and a learning
experience...

I have had many learning experiences that did not lead to 
useful code... everyone does, nicht wahr?


Hal