On 02.09.2010, at 13:00, Frank Shearar wrote:

> On 2010/09/02 12:45, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
>> 
>> However, the registry should be a class variable not class inst variable IMHO.
> 
> Network-fbs.86 does this.
> 
> I'm not entirely sure what the difference is between a class variable and a class inst variable. I understand that the latter is an instance variable of the object "Foo class", but what's the practical difference between the two? When do you, or should you, use a class inst variable, and when not?

A class inst variable has a different value in each subclass. A class variable is shared between all subclasses.

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