From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2003-12-05T23:15:46+09:00
Subject: Re: Attempted roadmap of future instance variables....

Hi --

On Fri, 5 Dec 2003, ts wrote:

> >>>>> "D" == David A Black <dblack@wobblini.net> writes:
> 
> D> By the way, I still strongly dislike the @_ form, and would prefer
> D> that all instance vars behave this way than that there be such a
> D> prefix. 
> 
>  Well, for me this is similar to the phrase at the end of the slide 13.
> 
>  Change the way how work @var actually and you break a big number of
>  scripts (and I know that if you introduce @_var, you also break some
>  scripts)

True, but Matz also has emphasized that he's willing to break a lot of
things at one time (2.0) for the sake of future Ruby.  Personally, I'd
be happy to have instance variables stay how they are.  My second choice
would be to choose one behavior or the other, avoiding @_ .


David

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David A. Black
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