From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2005-10-10T11:35:45+09:00
Subject: local_variable_set ?

No, this isn't April Fool's Day. I'm seriously wondering
if this has ever been considered.

I can only think of one place I'd use it -- to turn hashes
(used as named parameters) into real variables.

Something like:

   def meth(hash)
     bind = binding
     hash.each_pair {|k,v| local_variable_set(k,v,bind) }
     # Assuming call was:  meth(alpha: 123, beta: 234, gamma: 345)
     # we now can reference alpha, beta, and gamma as ordinary
     # variables...
   end


Thoughts?


Hal