On Sat, 21 Feb 2004, Jim Freeze wrote:

> On Saturday, 21 February 2004 at  0:49:49 +0900, David A. Black wrote:
> > On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Jim Freeze wrote:
> > 
> > > On Friday, 20 February 2004 at 23:00:58 +0900, David A. Black wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Jim Freeze wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > You've questioned its ruby-like-ness (correctly, I think), and
> > > > stated that you're not inclined to use it, and that it isn't
> > > > used much.  
> > > > 
> > > > Is there any reason *not* to avoid it? :-)
> > >  
> > > It just bugs me? :)
> > 
> > But surely that's a reason *to* avoid it :-)
> 
> For me, but I don't think that will fly for everyone else
> in the company. I was looking for a more concrete reason.
> 
> Surely you can come up with one David. :)

class Foo
  Foo = 42
  attr :Foo
  def initialize
    @Foo = Foo 
  end
end

Foo.new.Foo::Foo  ????


-a
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