Yes. "Kind of" is the right term. In Smalltalk, an object cannot access variables of another instance of the same class. Whereas in Java this is allowed.
Cheers, Alexandre On 21 Oct 2009, at 09:59, Gerben van de Wiel wrote: > Thank you very much, if i understand it correctly then instance vars > in SmallTalk are "kind of" protected members in languages like Java > and C#? > > Regards, > Gerben > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > -- _,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;: Alexandre Bergel http://www.bergel.eu ^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;. _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project