From: Brian Candler <lists@...>
Date: 2012-06-06T02:12:54+09:00
Subject: Re: appropriate use of constants

> I'd probably do something like this:
...
>   # getters and setters
>   DEFAULT_SETTINGS.each_key do |config_key|
>     define_method config_key do
>       DEFAULT_SETTINGS[config_key]
>     end
>     define_method "#{config_key}=" do |val|
>       DEFAULT_SETTINGS[config_key] = val
>     end
>   end

I think you mean @settings, not DEFAULT_SETTINGS?

Also I would be inclined to do

    @settings = DEFAULT_SETTINGS.dup

and to freeze DEFAULT_SETTINGS

But it may be simpler to do:

begin
  Settings = YAML.load("<settings_path>")
rescue
  # Set defaults
  Settings = {"foo"=>123, "bar"=>456}
end

If you want the accessor methods, you could use an OpenStruct, or this:
https://github.com/candlerb/couchtiny/blob/master/lib/jsobject.rb

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