From: William Djaja Tjokroaminata <billtj@...>
Date: 2003-01-12T05:42:28+09:00
Subject: Re: @@'s are not inherited?

Tom Sawyer <transami@transami.net> wrote:
> On Thursday 09 January 2003 05:48 am, Tom Sawyer wrote:
>> please correct me if i'm wrong but i beleive i just discovered something i
>> did not realize before: class and module variables (@@) are not inherited
>> by subclasses. ugh...

> well, i'll correct myself: 

> @@'s are inherited by subclasses IF they are pre-defined in the parent. that's 
> important to know and i did not see any mention of it in my pick-axe.


Hi,

It is Item #19 in the "Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know":

    http://www.glue.umd.edu/~billtj/ruby.html#classvars

Regards,

Bill