From: Tobias Reif <tobiasreif@...>
Date: 2001-08-11T23:26:37+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:19532] Re: the way class variables work

>  This will probably not reply to your question, but initially they were
>  called "shared variable" (rb_shared_variable_declare)
> Guy Decoux

Maybe they can be called "family variables", because they are shared by
the parent class, all child classes, and their sibling classes.

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