From: Max Russell <thedossone@...>
Date: 2006-11-20T19:41:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Metaprogammatically define methods.

> Use define_method whenever possible. The only case where you would put 
> code in a string (and then load it using eval) is if your methods need 
> to accept a block argument (define_method does not accept block argument 
> until Ruby 1.9).
> 
> class Foo
>   File.open('readme.txt').readlines.each do |entry|
>     define_method "test_#{entry}".to_sym do
>       puts "testing #{entry}"
>     end
>   end
> end
> 
> Foo.new.test_whatever

I still run into undefined method errors using this format. Are there
any restrictions on the format the generated method name can take?

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