Creating an Expando object in Ruby
- by tyndall
Is there a better way to write this Expando class? The way it is written does not work.
I'm using Ruby 1.8.7
starting code quoted from https://gist.github.com/300462/3fdf51800768f2c7089a53726384350c890bc7c3
class Expando
def method_missing(method_id, *arguments)
if match = method_id.id2name.match(/(\w*)(\s*)(=)(\s*)(\.*)/)
puts match[1].to_sym # think this was supposed to be commented
self.class.class_eval{ attr_accessor match[1].to_sym }
instance_variable_set("#{match[1]}", match[5])
else
super.method_missing(method_id, *arguments)
end
end
end
person = Expando.new
person.name = "Michael"
person.surname = "Erasmus"
person.age = 29
