From: Garance A Drosehn <drosihn@...>
Date: 2006-10-21T06:03:21+09:00
Subject: Re: metaprogramming surprise?

On 10/18/06, gwtmp01@mac.com <gwtmp01@mac.com> wrote:
>
> Class variables seem to trip up everyone learning Ruby, yet
> proficient Ruby programmers rarely seem to use them.  Are they really
> worth the trouble?  I've yet to feel the need to use them but maybe
> that is just me.
>
> Any chance that class variables will disappear in Ruby 2.0?  I'm only
> half joking.

I use them fairly frequently, and have never been tripped up by them.
They seem like a pretty straightforward idea to me.  I tend to use them
for "config-ish" things in the class, which would need to have the same
value in all instances of the class.

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Senior Systems Programmer
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute;             Troy, NY;  USA