From: gwtmp01@...
Date: 2006-12-06T02:07:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Unexpected scope range


On Dec 5, 2006, at 11:45 AM, Paul Lutus wrote:
> In Ruby, variables used within a method are marked this way:
> [..]
> @example  # class instance variable

This doesn't seem like standard terminology to me.  Usually these
are simply called 'instance variables' as each instance of a class
(or each object if you prefer) has its own private set of instance
variables.  These variables belong to the instance (object) and not
to the associated class.

Gary Wright