From: Fan Zhang <yalexfan@...>
Date: 2010-07-26T01:35:12+09:00
Subject: Re: syntax

If you want to access private member variables of a class instance, using @

A quick search reveals this site:

http://www.railsrocket.com/private-member-variables-in-ruby


On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 8:41 PM, Raghu Maddali <raghu1216@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> I apologize for miscommunication.I know that Ruby will not have any
> pointers and I guess its a variable declared with private access
> modifier.Its like
>
> private $config;
> $this->config = parse_ini_file('conf/Voyager.ini', true);
>
> So,how would you code this in Ruby?Is that the same
>
> private $config
> $self.config=parse_ini_file(....)???
>
> Raghu
>
>> presumably you want self.config = parse_ini_file(...) your actual
>> question
>> is a little unclear (I assume you meant to refer to a different
>> language)
>> but you should note that there are no pointers in Ruby, and in the
>> preceeding example, "config=" is a method defined on self, you are not
>> directly setting an instance variable like you would be in Java, but
>> rather
>> invoking a method which probably sets an instance variable, though not
>> necessarily.
>
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