From: Joseph McDonald <joe@...>
Date: 2001-03-06T04:34:17+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:12051] Re: RCR: shortcut for instance variable initialization



> I have what is probably a weird idea, but anyway, have a look:
>   class Msg
> 
>     def initialize(name@, type@, txt@)
> 
>     # Here, the variables would be available *without* the '@'
>     # e.g., "puts name"
>     # and the assignments "@name = name", etc., would be automatic
> 
>     end
>   end
> 
> 
> The point would be to trigger the assignment, but without using
> exactly the same name as the instance variables themselves.  (I do
> find (@name, @type, @txt) confusing.)

Would you want it to work like this:

def blah(name@, type$, txt)

where @name $type and txt
are created?

personally I like
def blah(@name,$type,txt)

It seems straight forward to me, but perhaps I'm strange, or
I'm missing something.

-joe