From: Marnen Laibow-Koser <marnen@...>
Date: 2009-05-27T13:05:38+09:00
Subject: Re: How to access variables from within class definition

eggman2001 wrote:
> I've got something like:
> 
> @var = 'brown'
> 
> class Foo < ActiveRecord::Base
>   set_table_name @var
> end
> 
> However, as the code is right now, I'm not able to access @var from
> within the class definition. Can someone tell me how I can accomplish
> this?

Of course you can't see @var from within the class definition if you set 
it outside.  Remember that @variables are instance variables, and are 
scoped to the class definition.

If you can explain where you're trying to set @var, perhaps we can come 
up with an alternative approach.

Best,
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