From: William Djaja Tjokroaminata <billtj@...>
Date: 2002-09-14T06:02:53+09:00
Subject: Re: private variables

Hi,

I think you are right that "%X" sometimes is already special in Ruby (such
as %q, %Q, %w, %r, and %x).  However, the use of "#" is really scary,
because it will make most, if not all, comments break down.

Hmmm, time to search other Perl symbols... how about "\", anyone?  Has
this symbol been used in Ruby?

Regards,

Bill
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dblack@candle.superlink.net wrote:
> Here's an non-backwards compatible case:

>   %q__ = "some private thing"
>   a = %q__

> What's the value of a at this point?

> I was musing before on '#', which has a secretive/private connotation,
> as a variable prefix :-)  Thinking about these things makes one
> increasingly grateful for the non-punctuation-riddenness of Ruby.