From: Robert Klemme Date: 2004-11-15T18:03:20+09:00 Subject: Relations / Associations (was: Re: bi-directional pointers) Hi, the keywords "relation" and "association" probably describe better what you're at. I'm not aware of anything like this, although with Ruby's dynamic nature it should be fairly easy to cook something up. Did you check the RAA? Kind regards robert "itsme213" schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:P3vld.9212$pu3.5156@fe2.texas.rr.com... > i did mean bidirectional _ruby_ references, not c or c++ pointers :-) > > "itsme213" wrote in message > news:7Veld.2018$Zr3.247@fe1.texas.rr.com... > > are there any Ruby code generation 'macros' to declare bi-directional > > pointers and automatically maintain their consistency? it would take > various > > relation combinations (1-1, 1-N, N-M), generate appropriate interfaces, > and > > implement these using a private protocol for keeping the pointers in sync. > >