From: Kevin Smith <sent@...>
Date: 2001-03-06T11:09:48+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:12070] Re: RCR: shortcut for instance variable initialization

Dave Thomas wrote:
>So far, I like David Black's  'def foo(hoge@)' best.

I'm ok with that approach, but personally would 
like to see it ONLY work for the initialize 
method.

Here's another off-the-wall idea. I don't think I 
like it either, but maybe it will spark another 
idea.

class Goofy
  attr :x, :y, :more
  auto_init :x, :y

  def initialize(text, x, y, more)
    # at this point, @x and @y have been set to x 
and y
    # @text does not exist, and @more is not 
initialized yet
  end
end

Or a variation would be:

class Goofy
  attr :x, :y, :more

  def initialize_auto(text, x, y, more_stuff)
    # at this point, @x and @y have been set to x 
and y
    # @text does not exist, and @more is not 
initialized yet
  end
end

Hmmm. Yeah, I think I like the variable@ better 
than either of these.

Kevin