From: Ged Byrne <gedb01@...>
Date: 2003-08-21T22:31:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Class variables - a surprising result

> I think it's simpler than that: you're just
> assigning to a variable.

It's probably is simpler.  I'm afraid I'm still
thinking in Java.

> There no such thing:
> 
>   $ ruby cvars.rb
>   cvars.rb:3: syntax error
>    writer: @@x
> 	  ^
> 
> [...]
Ooops, need to be more careful undoing after my
experiments.  Delete the writer: @@x line for the code
to work.

> 
> > So whats the best approach in ruby?  To keep a
> class
> > hash that contains a value associated with each
> class?
> 
> Over on IRC (irc.freenode.net, channel #ruby-lang)
> we've just
> been chatting about class instance variables, which
> are the
> best way to achieve true per-class state
> maintenance.  They've
> been talked about here a number of times; you can
> search on
> www.ruby-talk.org or Google.  Or join us on IRC :-)
> 
> 
Thanks, I'm off to google.  Wish IRC was an option :-(

> David
> 
> -- 
> David Alan Black
> home: dblack@superlink.net
> work: blackdav@shu.edu
> Web:  http://pirate.shu.edu/~blackdav
> 
>  

Ged.

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