From: "wbsurfver@..." Date: 2007-11-16T05:15:01+09:00 Subject: instance variables as class variable ? I'm trying to get a handle on why the following code works by printing out 'frog' because @x looks like instance variable syntax. I know that some of these things don't work the way I'd expect. class Test @x = 'frog' class << self attr_reader :x end end puts Test.x