From: Kedar Mhaswade Date: 2011-01-06T02:18:17+09:00 Subject: Re: Class Initialization? Robert, Andrew, Thank you. It was not clear if the "class body" will be executed at most once. That's now clear. I like this better than Java's static initializer! Robert -- but isn't @@x a class variable and @x an instance variable? Maybe I am confused a bit. I want this "table" I am initializing to be available from the class, without having to create any instances of it. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.