From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2009-02-27T10:53:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Instance Variable Names Available from Class?

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On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Chris Gardner <chris.r.gardner@gmail.com>wrote:

> What I mean is that I would like to ask a class for the names of
> instance variables of its objects, which may have yet to be
> instantiated.
>
> class Foo
>  def intialize(bar, baz)
>    @bar = bar
>    @baz = baz
>  end
> end
>
> I was trying to ask class Foo for the names @bar and @baz.  I've found
> out that these are accessible only through Foo instances.
>
> I'm a Ruby newbie and am just today learning about Ruby's approach to
> metaprogramming.
>

http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/articles/2008/02/08/whose-variable-is-it-anyway

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