From: Henry Maddocks <hmaddocks@...>
Date: 2012-05-12T06:28:44+09:00
Subject: Re: I'm looking for a Metaprogramming Project


On 12/05/2012, at 8:02 AM, Phil Stone <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:

> 
> I now have to find a project that would involve this.
> The problem is, I can't think of an actually realistic application of
> metaclasses.

LOL. You have stumbled upon a common conundrum. You have a shiny new tool that you are eager to use, but there is no reason to use it:)



> What should I make to show off metaprogramming? I'm open to
> suggestions.

Find some structured data, a file or, if you're feeling adventurous, a web API. Then as you are parsing the data construct object representations of the data with methods to access it. 

This is a common use case for meta programming and covers a lot of the techniques. 

Henry