首先,在ruby1.8中类变量是所有子类和父类共享的,可以看下面的代码:
class IntelligentLife
@@home_planet = nil
def self.home_planet
@@home_planet
end
def self.home_planet=(x)
@@home_planet = x
end
#...
end
class Terran < IntelligentLife
@@home_planet = "Earth"
end
class Martian < IntelligentLife
@@home_planet = "Mars"
end
p IntelligentLife.home_planet
p Terran.home_planet
p Martian.home_planet
可以看到结果是相同的,都是"Mars".这是因为父类的类变量是被整个继承体系所共享的。
在这里我们如果想要得到我们所需要的结果,我们就要使用类实例变量(注意,类实例变量是放在方法外面的,实例变量反之),因为类实例变量是严格的per-class,而不是被整个继承体系所共享。
class IntelligentLife
@home_planet = nil
class << self
attr_accessor :home_planet
end
end
class Terran < IntelligentLife
@home_planet = "Earth"
end
class Martian < IntelligentLife
@home_planet = "Mars"
end
p IntelligentLife.home_planet
p Terran.home_planet
p Martian.home_planet