From: Alexey Verkhovsky Date: 2004-04-07T02:33:44+09:00 Subject: Re: object.@attribute > If you really want the data directly: > > e.instance_eval "@attribute" Or even obj.instance_variable_get(:@internal) obj.instance_variable_set(:@internal) These methods should be faster than instance_eval, I suppose. Not that I can see a reason to use them in a "normal" program. Best regards, Alexey Verkhovsky