From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2007-07-24T22:22:44+09:00
Subject: Re: Static variables in Ruby.

On 7/24/07, Todd Benson <caduceass@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/24/07, Jeremy Henty <onepoint@starurchin.org> wrote:
> > On 2007-07-24, Robert Dober <robert.dober@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 7/24/07, Jeremy Henty <onepoint@starurchin.org> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> class Foo
> > >>   count = 0
> > >>   define_method(:foo) { count += 1 }
> > >> end
> > >
> > > Terribly slow BTW :(
> >
> > Why is that?  Are all methods created by define_method slow?  Or is it
> > something particular to the way I'm using it here?  I'm really getting
> > into metaprogramming with define_method so I'd like to learn about the
> > pitfalls.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jeremy Henty
>
> I believe Robert developed a library for using closure based
> properties a short while back.  Something to do with a breed of dog or
> something :)  Cool stuff.  But he found it to be slow if I remember
> correctly.
Thx, properties are broken, but thx anyway :)
>
> Todd
>
>


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