From: Kevin Compton Date: 2008-06-13T02:00:52+09:00 Subject: Re: Instance variables ------=_Part_17065_14143204.1213290072840 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline > > # ??? HERE: Does it matter if I do @child_node = children (without the @ > for children)? What's the difference with using the @ and not? > It depends on your intent with the variable children. If it is just a temporary variable that you want to use while generating the @child_node value then it is fine not to have the '@' Kevin ------=_Part_17065_14143204.1213290072840--