From: Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...>
Date: 2007-01-06T03:09:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Class Variable Confusion

On 12/21/06, dblack@wobblini.net <dblack@wobblini.net> wrote:

> You had me at "I generally avoid class variables" :-)
>
> Here's another one you'll like:
>
>    @@avar = 1
>    class A
>      @@avar = "hello"
>    end
>    puts @@avar  # => hello
>
>    A.class_eval { puts @@avar }  # => hello
>
> I love Ruby madly, but (or "therefore"? :-) I would be happy never to
> see another class variable again.  The confusingness-to-usefulness
> ratio is extremely high.

Wow David, that is scary.