From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2011-06-01T05:45:11+09:00
Subject: Re: CORE - Specialized Attribute Definition


On May 31, 2011, at 06:05 , Ilias Lazaridis wrote:

> 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" ...

I know this is a futile gesture, BUT...

No, not with your requirements of changing the grammar. If you don't want to code in ruby, go find a language that better suits your needs. If you do, work with it, not against it. What you describe above is simply NOT ruby. Haskell might be a better fit.