From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2007-11-08T16:05:03+09:00
Subject: Re: define_method


Please do not top post.

On 07.11.2007 22:19, Malcolm Lockyer wrote:
> Yes Robert, that wasn't my use case - that was just the most
> simplified code that shows the problem I was having. I didn't want to
> bore you all with loads of irrelevant code. If you are interested I
> was trying to build a dynamic enumeration style class (vaguely similar
> to java or c#'s way of doing it), where I could have the pseudo
> constant (i.e. TestClass.Blue, TestClass.Red etc.) setup by calling
> the constructor something like TestClass.new(:Blue => 1, :Red => 2
> etc.) and also be able to iterate through the keys and stuff.

In case you are not doing it for the fun of it and / or are looking for 
more inspirations this is a good place to look:

http://raa.ruby-lang.org/search.rhtml?search=enum

Kind regards

	robert