From: "Damián M. González" <lists@...>
Date: 2012-09-16T16:16:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Class variables or Class singleton variables?

Josh Cheek wrote in post #1076199:

> The instance variable solution is better, I advocate never using class
> variables for the reason that you showed.

 Agree with you as with Jan.

> Singletons tend to force you into a workflow that you will later regret.

> In this example, it's of course overkill, but for something with more
> complex behaviour, try to get it where you can deal with it outside of
> the constraints of the singleton (e.g. to test it or to use it in a
> different way than imagined).

 Nice to know it.

> Also, since I don't know what you're doing with it, let me warn against
> tracking all the instances in some collection. This will prevent them
> from
> being garbage collected, and will prevent you from being able to create
> instances where that is not the case (e.g. when you subclass pretty much
> anything in Rails, it tracks that and then does things with it that you
> may
> reasonably want it to not do).

 Do you mean that is good to track all the instances of a class in some
collection? Is not clear..

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