From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2003-05-11T13:10:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Overriding class variables

Ryan Pavlik wrote:
> On Sun, 11 May 2003 11:30:22 +0900
> elbows@spamcop.net (Nathan Weston) wrote:
> 
> 
>>In ruby 1.6.8, overriding class variables cause weird (to me at least)
>>results:
>>
>>class Foo
>>  Const = 0
>>
> 
> <snip>
> 
> That's not a class variable.  You want @@const or something... although
> a class variable isn't a const.  OTOH, you're changing it, so you don't
> want a const, either. ;-)
> 
> Use @@var.  It acts like you want.

Does it?

   class Foo
     @@Const = 0

     def c
       @@Const
     end
   end

   class Bar < Foo
     @@Const = 1
   end

   print Bar.new.c  # ==> 1

   print Foo.new.c  # ==> 1

That may or may not be what the OP wanted.