From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Date: 2003-12-03T00:40:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Class-level readers and writers

Hi,

In message "Re: Class-level readers and writers"
    on 03/12/02, "David A. Black" <dblack@wobblini.net> writes:

|> D> From Matz's description I'm not sure I see any difference; they're
|> D> both described as "local to the class/module".  
|> 
|>  Well, except that one is described in the slide 13 and the other in the
|>  slide 20. Perhaps it's important
|
|OK, I'm officially being stupid.  Can someone please explain?

@_v is an instance variable whose scope is limited to the
class/module.  @@v is a class variable, which is kinda like global
variable whose scope is limited to the class/module.

							matz.