From: Sebastian Hungerecker <sepp2k@...>
Date: 2008-07-21T18:52:38+09:00
Subject: Re: protected members or explicit abstract classes?

aidy wrote:
> Could anyone tell me why Ruby does not include protected members

In ruby all instance variables are protected in the java sense (well, actually 
not quite since you can't access them from within another object of the same 
class).


> nor explicit abstract classes?

Well, I'd say modules qualify as explicitly abstract.

HTH,
Sebastian
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