From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2005-10-07T11:48:59+09:00
Subject: Re: is there a way to add attributes to instances?

ako... wrote:
> hello,
> 
> is there a way to add properties to instances and access them later
> just like if they were defined in the object's class?
> 
> 
> a.newproperty = 123
> puts a.newproperty
> 
> i know how to dynamically add newproperty to the class of instance 'a',
> but is there a way to do it per instance? or do i have to maintain an
> explicit hash table on my objects and access these attributes through
> the table?

class <<a
   attr_accessor  :newproperty
end


James

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