From: David Vallner <david@...>
Date: 2006-11-04T04:46:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Output not clear

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Learning Ruby wrote:
> One more related thing that
> confuses me
> is that I thought all instance variables of a class are private to the
> class. Then are the private instance variables inherited by a sub-class=
? If
> yes, then in my Accounts program, there is no real need to the write th=
e
> attr_accessor statement?
>=20

That's a ruby idiosyncratism. Access restrictions operate on an object
level, not a class level. (It's also simpler to implement for instance
variables.)

David Vallner


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