From: Christoph <chr_mail@...>
Date: 2003-12-01T03:36:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Class-level readers and writers

David A. Black 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
> 
> I'm not sure I follow entirely -- which one was wrongly called that?  

In the original discussion what we call "class local" instance variables
today (I actually think I coined that term - in connection - ups - 
analogy - to block local variables:-) was originally called "private" 
instance variables.  

/Christoph