From: "Nathan O." <nathan.olberding@...>
Date: 2006-04-08T13:45:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Simple Question About Deleting Instances

Austin Ziegler wrote:
> No. To clarify my statement:
> 
>   #attr_accessor creates a pair of instance methods that access and
>   may instantiate an instance variable, but don't have to.
> 
> Instance variables are always bound to a particular value of self. (I'm
> not *quite* sure where class variables reside.)
> 
...
> 
> "class Foo", "class << self", and "def myself" all change scope and the
> meaning of "self" in that scope.
Way, way over my head, but that probably has something to do with the
two-year-old demanding that I stop reading and start wrestling with him.
I'll sleep on this one. Thanks! I think I might have a shot at
understanding this one in the morning.

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