From: Tim Hunter <TimHunter@...>
Date: 2009-03-02T23:22:52+09:00
Subject: Re: What does this statement do?

Stanislaw Wozniak wrote:
> Stanislaw Wozniak wrote:
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> I have been wondering what does this statement do and what does it set.
>> It interferes with my methods_missing handler:
>>
>> {code}
>> class MyClass
>>
>>    something = "something else"
>>
>> end
>> {code}
> 
> I guess this is assigning a string to a variable that is created in the 
> MyClass scope. But my problem is that I have some setter methods that 
> I'm using through method_missing, but method_missing is never triggered 
> because it is assigning stuff just like in the example above.

You're saying that "something" is supposed to be treated like a method 
instead of like a variable? Try

self.something = "something else"

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