From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2008-03-27T13:43:20+09:00
Subject: Re: instance_variable_[gs]et

Hi,

In message "Re: instance_variable_[gs]et"
    on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:36:23 +0900, Trans <transfire@gmail.com> writes:

|Why does #instance_variable_get/set require an "@" sign in front of
|the variable name? It's not like there is any other valid instance
|variable name, is there?

Because it's part of a method name.

|And why can't #instance_variable_set take a hash to set more than one
|variable at a time?

I don't think it makes programs cleaner.

							matz.