From: Dave Thomas <dave@...>
Date: 2008-10-21T02:44:46+09:00
Subject: Re: instance counter


On Oct 20, 2008, at 12:30 PM, Joel VanderWerf wrote:

> You're right. They should have an ungainly name, like "class tree  
> variables", which would help to discourage their use, except in  
> those rare cases.

I personally have stopped using them. When I need the functionality, I  
use a class instance variable and a class-level attr_accessor to make  
it available to instances.


Dave