From: Michael Campbell <michael_s_campbell@...>
Date: 2003-08-22T04:23:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Class variables - a surprising result

> > As far as I know, C++ and Java do not have class variables.  They have
> > static member variables,
>
> .. . . which are not inherited, which is why it is surprising to many
> that  Ruby's @@variables are inherited.


What do you mean by "not inherited"...  I'm sure you're correct, but I'm
confused:

C:\tmp>cat Sub.java

class Base {
    static int B = 1;
}

public class Sub extends Base {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("Sub.B = " + Sub.B);
    }
}


C:\tmp>javac Sub.java

C:\tmp>java Sub

Sub.B = 1