From: Daniel DeLorme <dan-ml@...42.com>
Date: 2007-10-20T08:51:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Class instance variable idiom

Brian Adkins wrote:
> I'm not saying class variables are perfect, but this notion of a
> subclass claiming a class variable before the superclass initializes
> it still seems contrived to me.

It happened to me once before. I don't remember the exact circumstances 
but it happened. Once in 4 years of ruby programming. Heh, what can you 
do, there's no language smart enough to fix all your bugs for you.