From: Jim Weirich Date: 2002-08-13T21:43:22+09:00 Subject: Re: Sibling rivalry and class variables >>>>> "dblack" == dblack writes: dblack> No need to redefine show_civ in the children, is there? Hmmm ... I was sure I tried it without the redefinition and it didn't work. But you are correct, they aren't needed. BTW, I like the use of the attr_reader in the class. Good move. -- -- Jim Weirich jweirich@one.net http://w3.one.net/~jweirich --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it." -- Donald Knuth (in a memo to Peter van Emde Boas)