Class_eval and iterations

Ruby
1

Hello,

I’m trying to write a code similar to the below:

class Module
def foo(*names)
for name in names
class_eval do
define_method(name) do
puts name
end
end
end
end
end

class Goo
foo :a, :b, :c
end

I was expecting to

bar = Goo.new

bar.a prints ‘a’, bar.b prints ‘b’, and bar.c prints ‘c’. But all
methods prints ‘c’. Why?

Thanks!

2

On Fri, 31 Mar 2006, [email protected] wrote:

    end

I was expecting to

bar = Goo.new

bar.a prints ‘a’, bar.b prints ‘b’, and bar.c prints ‘c’. But all
methods prints ‘c’. Why?

Thanks!

 harp:~ > cat a.rb
 class Module
   def foo(*names)
     names.each do |name|
       class_eval{ define_method(name){ name } }
     end
   end
 end

 class Goo
   foo :a, :b, :c
 end

 goo = Goo.new
 p goo.a
 p goo.b
 p goo.c


 harp:~ > ruby a.rb
 :a
 :b
 :c

it has to do with the difference between ‘for’ and ‘each’ - search the
archives
for ‘decoux for each’.

basically your method block was bound to a non-block local variable that
was
cycled a->b->c - finally existing as c. with ‘each’ you get a block
local

moral. never use ‘for’

hth.

-a