From: Idan Sofer <idan@...>
Date: 2003-06-19T15:21:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Class variables in parent and child classes with the same name


> Am I misunderstanding something, or can you not give a child class a class
> variable with the same name as a parent class?  Just curious.
You can, however each class shares it's class variable with it's
ancestors, the alternative is class _instance_ variables:

class Parent
  def self.counter()
    @count
  end
end

Be aware that class instance variables are not inherited(Parent and Child
will have different counters)

-- 
Idan