From: Pit Capitain <pit.capitain@...>
Date: 2008-10-20T16:01:34+09:00
Subject: Re: instance counter

2008/10/20 Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com>:
> 2008/10/19 Marc Heiler <shevegen@linuxmail.org>:
>> I would even go as far as to
>> claim in 95% of the cases, there is no real need to use @@ at all.
>
> Absolutely agree!  Class variables are one of the rare spots of Ruby
> where it does not shine at all IMHO.

No, I think they are absolutely useful in the (rare) cases when you
need exactly what they offer compared to class instance variables. The
only thing that might be the source for problems is their name: too
many people associate something different with "class variables".

Regards,
Pit