From: Ilias Lazaridis Date: 2011-05-31T22:05:34+09:00 Subject: CORE - Specialized Attribute Definition ruby 1.9 (this is about the *abilities* or the ruby 1.9 language) class Persnon attrib name String opt1 opt2 attrib age Integer end The main questions: a) Can such an "attrib" method be implemented with ruby code? b) Can such an "attrib" functionality be implemented on the C-level (as extension, not as modification of source)? Any examples? Please notice the requirements: 1) "name" and not ":name" 2) no comma between "name" and "String" and "opt1" ... . -- http://lazaridis.com