From: Christoph <chr_news@...>
Date: 2002-06-06T21:02:42+09:00
Subject: Re: dynamic attr_accessor??

"Christoph" <chr_news@gmx.net> wrote in
Blush;-)
....
> class A
>  def initialize(name)
>     type.send(:attr_accessor,name)
>     send("#{name}=",name)
>   end
> end
>
> mamas = A.new('cat')
> papas = A.new('dog')
>
>
> p papas.dog   # => nil
> p mamas.cat   # => nil

p papas.cat   # => nil
p mamas.dog   # => nil

....

> class A
>  def initialize(name)
>     class << self; self end.send(:attr_accessor,name)
>     send("#{name}=", name)
>   end
> end
>
> mamas = A.new('cat')
> papas = A.new('dog')
....

p papas.cat  #
p mamas.cat   #
# both raise a non-method error since cat and dog are
# singleton methods of mama and papa respectively.

....
/Christoph