From: Robert Dober Date: 2008-06-13T03:26:31+09:00 Subject: Re: Instance variables On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 7:32 PM, Justin To wrote: > Great, thanks. So what if I DID specify attr_reader :children, but still > did @child_node = @children. Would that have any adverse effects? No the parser identifies @children as an instance variable. R