On Saturday 11 January 2003 01:42 pm, William Djaja Tjokroaminata wrote:
> Tom Sawyer <transami / transami.net> wrote:
> > On Thursday 09 January 2003 05:48 am, Tom Sawyer wrote:
> >> please correct me if i'm wrong but i beleive i just discovered something
> >> i did not realize before: class and module variables (@@) are not
> >> inherited by subclasses. ugh...
> >
> > well, i'll correct myself:
> >
> > @@'s are inherited by subclasses IF they are pre-defined in the parent.
> > that's important to know and i did not see any mention of it in my
> > pick-axe.
>
> Hi,
>
> It is Item #19 in the "Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know":
>
>     http://www.glue.umd.edu/~billtj/ruby.html#classvars

Item #0 in the "Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know":
	They should know "Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know" exists! :-) 

-- 
tom sawyer, aka transami
transami / transami.net


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