From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto) Date: 2003-12-03T03:19:58+09:00 Subject: Re: Attempted roadmap of future instance variables.... Hi, In message "Re: Attempted roadmap of future instance variables...." on 03/12/03, Steve Tuckner writes: |OK so the jist of it is that @_var variables are stored with the class of |the instance but the class has no access to that. That is all. Right? No. @_var variables are stored in the instance, but they are accessible only from methods defined in the same class. matz.