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Hi --

On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, Sche Daniel wrote:

> By the way, what if I create
>
> class Q
> @x=1
> end
>
> to whom does @x belong now?
> Does it make sense? (Usually one wants to create with @@ class variables at 
> this scope)

I actually have no memory of ever having wanted to use a class
variable in Ruby :-)  But anyway...  see Florian's answer; but I just
wanted to add, as a general rule:

Whenever you see @var, you are seeing an instance variable that
belongs to whatever object, at that point in execution, is "self". 
Thus the answer to "What object does @var belong to?" is always the
same: self.

So at the top level of a class definition, where self is the class
object, @var will belong to the class object.


David

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