From: Christoph <chr_mail@...>
Date: 2003-12-03T04:12:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Attempted roadmap of future instance variables....

Steve Tuckner wrote:
...
> This is not at all what I expected.  :-(
> 
> Are @_var variables just basically private instance variables 
> (as in private variables in C++?

Yes - note however that Ruby's usage (for methods) of the
attribute "private" is different to C++'s usage - consequently 
the original Ruby terminology "private instance variable" 
became extinct - until now:-)


/Christoph