From: Daniel Waite <rabbitblue@...>
Date: 2008-05-02T08:07:11+09:00
Subject: DSL - class-level methods that affect instances

I'm having a problem of design. I've tried a few configurations of class
collaboration and responsibility, but they all end up feeling messy.

I'm looking at these (either or, my original attempt was with a module,
but attr_accessor *looks* like it does what I want):

class C < Translator::Base
  translate 'this', :to => 'that'
end

class C
  include Translator
  translate 'this', :to => 'that'
end

With the expectation that...

c = C.new
c.translations

Would yield a hash of the from and to values.

I have no idea how to break the barrier between class and instance. :(

Any ideas?
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