From: gwtmp01@...
Date: 2006-08-20T01:28:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Class variables in Ruby


On Aug 19, 2006, at 12:00 PM, Paul wrote:
> Thanks for the comments. I am coming from a Smalltalk background  
> and we
> would typically cache code/description lookup table rows into a class
> variable for performance.

Just a side note.  It isn't necessary to use class variables to
accomplish your goal.  A plain old instance variable of the class object
is just fine.  I'm not a big fan of Ruby class variables.  I think they
are often used simply because they are confused with instance variables
of a class object.

Gary Wright