From: Gary Wright <gwtmp01@...>
Date: 2011-03-08T14:44:44+09:00
Subject: Re: basic programming question, help please


On Mar 8, 2011, at 12:14 AM, Mayank Kohaley wrote:
>> 
> After putting @@x = "defined in B" in class B it shows "defined in B" and
> not "defined in Object", and it makes sense as it works according to lexical
> scope and not the dynamic scope. This is how I changed the class B without
> changing anything else
> 
> class B
> @@a = "defined in B"
> @@x = "defined in B"
> A.send(:define_method, :show_a) { puts @@a }
> A.send(:define_method, :show_x) { puts @@x }
> end

See my reply to Eric Christopherson's post for an explanation.

Gary Wright