From: Eero Saynatkari <ruby-ml@...>
Date: 2006-01-07T18:27:36+09:00
Subject: Re: custom attribute accessors ?

On 2006.01.07 17:13, ako... wrote:
> hello,
> 
> i need to define a number of custom attribute readers on my class. so
> far i have come up with two ways to do it. the code below is a
> simplified version. but i cannot decide which one is "preferable". whis
> one would the experts use? why?
> 
> thanks
> konstantin
> 
> class A
>   [:nameof].each { |x| module_eval "def #{x}() @#{x} end" }
>   def initialize() @nameof = self.class.to_s end
> end
> 
> class B
>   [:nameof].each { |x| define_method(x) {
> instance_variable_get("@#{x}") } }
>   def initialize() @nameof = self.class.to_s end
> end

Hm, by your examples it would seem to be OK to 
use the standard attr_* methods:

  class A
    # Symbol or String
    [...].each {|attribute| attr_reader attribute}
  end

Or did I incorrectly understand what you needed?


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