coldc variable question

[Robert Lemmen <robertle@cube.spacenet.de>]

hi folks,

i am curretnly trying to get some things done in coldc, and there is something
i don't understand:


i saw some code like that

new object $ofenrohr: $pfannkuchen;
var $ofenrohr schnickschnack;
var $pfannkuchen zickezacke;

now what do the $ofenrohr and $pfannkuchen in the variable lines do?? as far as
i understoof coldc variables as being private and not accessible by children,
this doesn't make ay sense to me.

thaks
robert