From: Rich Kilmer <rich@...>
Date: 2002-09-17T00:12:43+09:00
Subject: RE: private variables

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yukihiro Matsumoto [mailto:matz@ruby-lang.org] 
> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 10:46 AM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: Re: private variables
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> In message "Re: private variables"
>     on 02/09/16, William Djaja Tjokroaminata 
> <billtj@y.glue.umd.edu> writes:
> 
> |Well, will these localized/private variables make it into 
> the next Ruby 
> |release?  Because there were some previous objections regarding the 
> |single leading underscore ("I have used leading underscore in my 
> |current instance variables"), or regarding the symmetry ("It 
> will not 
> |look balanced"), will there be any vote on the format of the 
> localized 
> |variables:
> |
> |    @_x
> |    @__x
> |    @_x_
> |    @__x__ (ala Python ?)
> |    (or some other second character indicator, such as @#x and @%x ?)
> |
> |Or will Matz decide on this?
> 
> I will.  Somewhere around "@_x" and "@__x".  I don't care 
> about the balancing.  Those who care may put extra "__" after 
> varriable names.
> 
> 							matz.

Well, the double-underscore (@__x) variables would be less likely in
Ruby code right now than single (@_x) since Ruby uses doubles for
special constants like __FILE__, etc so it may yield less conflicts with
existing code bases.

-rich