From: dreamcat four <dreamcat4@...>
Date: 2009-10-11T04:31:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Class Level inheritable attributes - are we there yet?

On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 8:10 PM, David A. Black <dblack@rubypal.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Oct 2009, dreamcat four wrote:
>
>> The problem with class variables in Ruby, is that a class variable is
>> the same object across all subclasses of a class. This is in my
>> opinion almost never what you’d want. More probable is that you’d want
>> the individual class instance to have an accessor. (Remember classes
>> are objects in Ruby).
>
> Oh, there are lots of problems with class variables :-) I didn't
> mention them. Was there something in my post that made it sound like I
> was suggesting class variables?

No, its just a generally accepted problem with the ruby language.

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