From: Tom Cloyd <tomcloyd@...>
Date: 2009-01-21T08:29:15+09:00
Subject: efficient access of instance variables

I'm having my first extended day working with classes - trying to 
convert some functioning methods in my current project to classes.

I'm looking for a way to call a class instance and get back a couple of 
its instance variables with an efficiency equivalent to this method call:

@log, @logging_now = manage_log( 'open' ) # the method returns both vars

So, I seem to have write all this -

manlog = ManageLog.new
manlog.open
log, logging_now = manlog.log, manlog.logging_now

Before I resign myself, I want to ask if I'm missing something here. Is 
there a way I can do any of this more tersely?

Thanks for any help,

Tom

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