On Jan 17, 2005, at 5:06 PM, Daniel Berger wrote: > I vote for using a leading underscore instead of "@" sign for instance > variables. Perhaps a leading double underscore for "@@" (class > variables). underscores in most languages indicate 'things thou shall not touch' in ruby otoh, @vars are simply not accessible from outside, therefore, i'd prefer @. i find _ annoys my eyes not to mention my fingers @data -> data at self otoh makes perfect sense. Alex