From: ts Date: 2002-11-08T00:42:59+09:00 Subject: Re: Making Instace Variables Private/Local >>>>> "d" == dblack writes: d> Meaning: whether instance vars are private or not, Well, the problem is that the use of "private instance variable" is very bad when someone want to refer to @__var, class local variable seems better (see [ruby-talk:50212] and [ruby-talk:50242]) Guy Decoux