From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2002-09-12T22:52:36+09:00
Subject: Re: private variables

>>>>> "C" == Christoph  <chr_news@gmx.net> writes:

C> which means one more set of scoping rules to keep mind?  (Probably
C> not, but even the prospect makes me shudder;-)

 If I've well understood, the variable is accessible only in the class
 where it was defined.

C> Well  had you used a prefix convention  _@var  instead of @_var

 This is an instance variable, it seems natural to have the prefix `@'

C> the only thing that breaks is that previously illegal  code would
C> suddenly be legal.

pigeon% ruby -e 'def _(a) p a; end; @a = 12; _@a'
12
pigeon% 

 Except for obfuscation, I don't think that someone use it :-)


Guy Decoux