From: "Mike Mr." <johnma@...>
Date: 2008-09-22T04:47:51+09:00
Subject: Instance variable acting like class variable?

I've written a Node class that I'm using to write a few programs for in
a course.

class Node
  # A node represents a spot on the grid. It knows its
  # location and parent node, the total cost so far, and
  # the directions take to get to current location
  attr_reader :row, :col, :cost, :direction, :parent, :collected

  def initialize(row, col, cost, direction=nil, parent=nil)
    @row = row
    @col = col
    @cost = (parent.nil? ? 0.0 : parent.cost) + cost.to_i
    @direction = (parent.nil?) ? "" : parent.direction + direction
    @parent = parent
    @collected = (parent.nil?) ? [] : parent.collected.to_a
  end

  def to_s
    "row:#{@row} col:#{@col} cost:#{@cost}"
  end

  def location
    [@row, @col]
  end

  def add_collected
    @collected =  @collected << [[@row, @col]]
  end
end

The problem is with #add_collected. When it is called its updating
@collected for all instances of Node. @collected is suppose to be an
array of arrays. I'm not sure why it's behaving the way that it is. I'm
still a bit new to ruby. Can anyone give me some insight on why its
behaving the way that it is please. Thanks.
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