On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 11:24:36PM +0900, ts wrote: > >>>>> "P" == Paul Brannan <pbrannan / atdesk.com> writes: > > P> 1) Each class has a Hash which maps object id to a table of private > P> instance variables. > > What do you do with #instance_variables ? Nothing. A private instance variable is private; I don't see any reason to list it with the public instance variables. Perhaps a function private_instance_variables would be appropriate; it could take as a parameter the class to display the private instance variables for. Paul