From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2000-03-17T08:48:15-06:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:01973] Re: Class Variables

Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@dmu.ac.uk> writes:

> >   class Foo
> > 
> >     attr_accessor :setting1, :setting2
> > 
> >     def initialize
> >        @setting1 = 2
> >        @setting2 = 5
> >     end
> >   end
> 
> Are these not accessing Instance variables, not class variables? I assume
> from the @ and that there is talk of 1.5.x introducing @@variables, that
> these are not true class variables, allowing instances of a class to share
> a variable between them.

Yes, but as the class constant -> pseudo class variable hack is in the 
FAQ, I assumed that he was after attribute setters.


Dave