Hi. On Dec 13, 2003, at 3:37 AM, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote: > Hmm, I like > > attribute "a", "+r", "-w" What if I go crazy and want to define a method named +r ? % ruby -e' class Foo attr_accessor :"+r" end foo = Foo.new foo.send(:"+r=","foo") p foo.send(:"+r") ' "foo" Yes, this is insane, but this works for now. In the original idea you can use such a strange name. But using a string, this name would conflict with the attribute specifier. -- mput <root / mput.dip.jp>