From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2007-04-30T14:51:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Class Level Variables

On 4/30/07, Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

Could not agree more with you, however, I would not dare stating this
as a *General Rule of Conduct*.
Will @@class_iv go away? I do not think so.

Cheers
Robert
>
>


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