From: Marc Heiler Date: 2008-10-20T05:25:24+09:00 Subject: Re: instance counter > I've spent too much time tracking down the bewildering bugs caused by > naming conflicts. I once had a bug caused by my misuse of @@ when there was no need for it. Since then I have become more sceptical - i like every feature I can use, but when I can achieve something without using something, i.e. @@ all the better for my poor little brain. I would even go as far as to claim in 95% of the cases, there is no real need to use @@ at all. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.