YAML and class variables

Ruby
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Hi

When an object’s .to_yaml method is used, class variables aren’t
recorded. This makes sense, I guess, but how can someone then serialize
a class variable and restore it later?

Thanks!
kLy

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On 03.01.2007 12:22, Rick A. wrote:

When an object’s .to_yaml method is used, class variables aren’t
recorded. This makes sense, I guess, but how can someone then serialize
a class variable and restore it later?

You don’t. Basically a class variable belongs to the class and that’s
typically not created via some serialization mechanism (yaml, marshal)
but through code. Apart from that class variables have a whole bunch of
problems of their own so you better avoid them anyway. My 0.02 EUR…

Kind regards

robert