From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2000-03-16T22:36:52-06:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:01948] Re: Class variables

matz@netlab.co.jp (Yukihiro Matsumoto) writes:

> In message "[ruby-talk:01946] Re: Class variables"
>     on 00/03/16, Dave Thomas <Dave@thomases.com> writes:
> 
> |Will there be any new methods to support them:
> |
> |  Kernel#shared_variables
> |  Kernel#remove_shared_variable
> |
> |and the like?
> 
> There should be for consistency.

;-)

> 
> |Will they be called shared variables or class variables?
> 
> I've not decided yet.  What do you think guys?

I'd vote for 'class variables' -- the more 'standard' our terminology,
the less confusing it is for people new to the language. People know
what a class variable is, whereas 'shared variable' could mean many
things.

We can always explain the module stuff as a kind of cut-down class.


Dave