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[ruby-talk:02002] Re: Class variables

From: "Conrad Schneiker" <schneiker@...>
Date: 2000-03-18 06:42:43 UTC
List: ruby-talk #2002
From: Dave Thomas <Dave@thomases.com>

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

> >     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.

As a people new to the language, I'd also vote for 'class variables'.

Conrad

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