From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto) Date: 2002-10-09T23:52:50+09:00 Subject: Re: Too Many Underscores? Hi, In message "Too Many Underscores?" on 02/10/09, Bill Tj writes: |But if "__var" is ugly, then IMO so is "@__var". Does Matz still |consider to use "@_var" or "@__var" for class private variables? Or |has even the concept of creation of class private variables been |abandoned altogether? I'm still positive about class private (or class local) variable. IMO, "__var" can be seen as "__var", whereas "@_var" can be seen as "@_" (prefix) + "var". matz.