From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2008-03-28T00:28:58+09:00
Subject: Re: instance_variable_[gs]et



On Mar 27, 8:23 am, Florian Gilcher <f...@andersground.net> wrote:
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> On Mar 27, 2008, at 5:36 AM, Trans wrote:
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> > And why can't #instance_variable_set take a hash to set more than one
> > variable at a time?
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> > T.
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> By the way, if you really need it, it is easily implemented on your own:
> Example:
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> def set_instance_variables(variables)
>    variables.each do |key, value|
>      instance_variable_set("@#{key}", value)
>    end
> end

Yes, of course. Facets has #instance_assign, but it just seems
wasteful when one method could do.

I don't quite get matz take. How is

   variables.each do |key, value|
     instance_variable_set("@#{key}", value)
   end

cleaner than

    instance_variable_set(variables)

T.