From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2006-02-02T06:42:39+09:00
Subject: Re: local variable and closure

Sch�le Daniel wrote:
> Hello Robert,
>
>> Btw, what are you trying to accomplish?  Somehow I have the feeling
>> that your code might be more complex than needed.  Especially the
>> use of a global variable irritates me.
>
> complexity was the intention of my code :)

:-)

> no really, I am playing with metaprogramming, also I wanted to know
> how to implement own functions like "attr_accessor"

One way:

class Module
  def i_am_in_class_scope(*a)
    p a
  end
end

>> class Foo
>> i_am_in_class_scope :foo, :bar
>> end
[:foo, :bar]
=> nil


> btw is there special name for this kind of functions?
> functions that are executed in the class scope and can refer with
> "self" to the class they are inside.

I'd call them "class instance methods".

Kind regards

    robert