From: Christoph Date: 2003-12-01T03:09:46+09:00 Subject: Re: Class-level readers and writers ts wrote: ... > Well, if @_var make reference to what was initially, > wrongly, called "private instance variable" then renamed in > "class local variable" then it's private to the instance Just for the record the starting point (started by nobody else but yourself:-) of a long, probably definite thread on the subject was [ruby-talk:49849]. The original post to get the ball rolling was Christian's post [ruby-talk:49161]. /Christoph