From: gwtmp01@...
Date: 2005-10-30T05:00:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Malleable Instance Vars


On Oct 29, 2005, at 2:57 PM, Trans wrote:
> Are we ready for
>
>   @x = 1
>
>   a = "x"
>
>   @{a}  #=> 1

Not me, but how about:

     container@[index]

as sugar for:

     self.container@(index)

and

     container@[index] = val

as sugar for:

     self.container@=(index, val)

As a degenerative case you could omit the 'container':

     def @[](index); end
     def @[]=(index); end


Gary Wright