From: "Arno J." <jub@...>
Date: 2007-08-17T00:42:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Subject: What *exactly* does an instance variable in the

Any instance variable refers to the object currently being self at the 
moment.

> @tl_instance = "hello ruby"

self here is "main", which is the top level default object

> puts @tl_instance
> 
> def tl_method
>    puts "from tl_method -- @tl_instance: #{@tl_instance}"
> end

self here is "main" too

> 
> tl_method
> 

=> Working as expected

> class Tl_class
>    def tlc_method
>      puts "from tlc_method -- @tl_instance: #{@tl_instance}"
>    end
> end
>
> Tl_class.new.tlc_method
> ------------

Inside tlc.method, self is the "Tl_class.new" object, which doesn't know 
about any @tl_instance.
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