From: Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...>
Date: 2007-04-30T12:21:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Class Level Variables

On 4/29/07, Ari Brown <ari@aribrown.com> wrote:
>
> On Apr 29, 2007, at 9:03 PM, Gregory Brown wrote:
> <snip>
>
> > Please don't do this.  That assignment would happen every time you
> > create an instance of the object, which completely defeats the purpose
> > of class level variables. (Whether you use class instance variables or
> > class variables).
>
> So use @@foo for general ideas (like @@foo = {} and when used in some
> file.open(path, 'r') do ..... command) and @foo for variables that
> hold specific values?

Don't use @@foo, ever.  Unless you know *why* you want to.  They add
unnecessary confusion.  Instead, use class instance variables.