From: Ged Byrne <gedb01@...>
Date: 2003-08-22T18:36:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Class variables - a surprising result

It would be good if there was a cleaner way to do
this.

This is code that is tackling the language rather than
the problem.  One of Ruby's biggest assets (for me, at
least) is that idioms such as this are so rare.

If this idiom could be replaced with some clear syntax
I think it would be a good thing.

> 
> > If you want to access these in instance methods,
> you need to do:
> >
> > class Foo
> >    def instance_meth
> >       p self.class.class_eval { @var }
> >    end
> > end 
> 
> Cool - and interesting, but if I ever saw this in
> somebody's code, 
> well....  let's just say I'd give them a stern look.
>  ;)



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