From: Daniel Schierbeck <daniel.schierbeck@...>
Date: 2006-06-10T22:05:47+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Class question

Peer Allan wrote:
> ... I did not 
> realize that the code within the class definition gets executed, rather 
> than just defined.  Neat!

Yes, it's actually very neat -- you can put almost anything in there:

   class Foo
     if condition? then
       def bar(arg1, arg2)
         ...
       end
     end

     [:foo, :bar, :baz].each do |name|
       define_method(name){ puts name.inspect }
     end
   end


Cheers,
Daniel