From: rbysamppi@...
Date: 2007-11-28T11:35:00+09:00
Subject: Turning Dwemthy's Array into a mixin

As a beginner, I'm having trouble converting the metaprogramming in
Dwemthy's Array (http://poignantguide.net/dwemthy/) into a convenient
mixin that I can use for many classes. The trouble seems to be the
"def self." declarations, but I'm not too sure; in any
case, .metaclass and .traits don't seem to be mixing in. What should I
change?

Thanks in advance!

module Dwemthy

  def self.metaclass
    class << self; self; end
  end

  def self.traits(*given_traits)
    return @traits if given_traits.empty?

    attr_accessor(*given_traits)

    given_traits.each do |trait|
      metaclass.instance_eval do
        define_method(trait) do |trait_value|
          @traits ||= {}
          @traits[trait] = trait_value
        end
      end
    end

    class_eval do
      define_method(:initialize) do
        self.class.traits.each do |k, v|
          instance_variable_set("@#{k}", v)
        end
      end
    end
  end

end