From: Robert Feldt <feldt@...>
Date: 2003-08-22T14:03:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Class variables - a surprising result

Patrick Bennett <patrick.bennett@inin.com> skrev den Fri, 22 Aug 2003 
13:59:54 +0900:

> Geesh - sneaky stuff..  This kind of thing *definitely* violates the 
> P.O.L.S. imo.  For one, having the 'same' variable actually be two 
> different 'instances' (one, a class variable effectively,
> and another, an instance variable) is very confusing.  I understand it 
> now (although I have to think about it for a sec, and personally, I think 
> that's a bad sign).
> I think the above @var=6 assignment outside of a method decl should be 
> illegal.  It should have to be a @@ reference.
>
I disagree. The class is an *instance* of the class Class and thus should
be allowed to have instance variables.

/Robert