From: Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...>
Date: 2007-01-06T03:44:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Class Variable Confusion

On 1/5/07, Rob Muhlestein <rob@muhlestein.net> wrote:
> dblack@wobblini.net wrote:
> > You had me at "I generally avoid class variables" :-)
> > ...snip...
> > 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.
>
> David and gang, thanks for pulling me out of denial.
>
> [Here's a blog post about my facing reality, finally:
> http://rob.muhlestein.net/2007/01/ruby-class-variables-just-dont-go-there.html]

I blogged it too, though mine is mostly just a quick paste of the two
bits of code from David and Gary, and a link to your blog entry.  My
NubyGems series is usually like that, a big chunk of code from an IRB
session meant to make people go 'whoa, yeah, that does suck'

http://www.oreillynet.com/ruby/blog/2007/01/nubygems_dont_use_class_variab_1.html