From: ts Date: 2001-10-26T00:49:07+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:23310] Re: why the @ s ? >>>>> "k" == writes: k> I thought it only was defined in the instance object, and not the Object k> class (which would affect ALL objects) pigeon% ruby -e 'def initialize; end' -e:1: warning: redefining Object#initialize may cause infinite loop pigeon% Guy Decoux