From: Dan Doel <djd15@...>
Date: 2003-09-10T07:47:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Eval

Other ways if you can't use a struct for some reason.
Method2 not recommended (unless you check if the accessor has been 
defined yourself).

- Dan

class Method1
    def add_attr(name, val)
        class << self
            self
        end.class_eval { attr_accessor name }
        send("#{name}=", val)
    end
end

class Method2
    def initialize
        @dict = Hash.new {nil}
    end
   
    def method_missing(sym, *args)
        str = sym.to_s
        /(.*)(=?)/ =~ str
       
        if $2.empty?
            @dict[$1.intern]
        else
            @dict[$1.intern] = args[0]
        end
    end
   
    def add_attr(name, val)
        @dict[name.intern] = val
    end
end

obj = Method1.new

obj.add_attr("foo", "bar")

obj2 = Method2.new
obj2.add_attr("baz", "frob")

p obj.foo

p obj2.baz
p obj2.any_undefined_method_name