From: GOTO Kentaro <gotoken@...>
Date: 2002-09-14T07:07:11+09:00
Subject: Re: private variables

oops, typo

At Sat, 14 Sep 2002 07:04:36 +0900,
GOTO Kentaro wrote:
> Maybe the subject "private variable" is confusing.  In Ruby, the
> concept of "private" means "cannot be omitted its receiver".  But

sub("omitted", "specified")

> there doesn't exist receiver of a variable.  In this sense, variable
> is already "private". 
> 
> So, I'd like to propose new name
>   "nestable local variable" and "noninheritable instance variable" 
> to avoid confusion.