From: William Djaja Tjokroaminata <billtj@...>
Date: 2002-10-12T01:17:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Different Behavior of Class Variables w.r.t ||=

Hi,

Can you elaborate more on what sort of bugs is likely to occur?  (I.e.,
under what situation does "@@a ||= value" create a danger of creating the
class variable at the wrong level?)  And if it is a problem with class
variables, why is it not a problem with instance variables?

Regards,

Bill
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Kent Dahl <kentda@stud.ntnu.no> wrote:
> That might be a bad idea, since class variables are more "magical" than
> both instance variables and local variables.

> The inheritance hierarchy level where the class variable is first
> defined decides where it is visible. This is not a problem with local
> variables nor instance variables. Although it is alot more verbose,
> using the "@@a = 1 unless defined? @@a" trick gives you the same
> functionality, but is easier to spot while reading, if it causes a bug.