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