Phlip wrote: ... > class Kozmik > def self.acts_as_frog(species) > @frog_list ||= [] > @frog_list << species > self.class.send :attr_accessor, :frog_list > end > end > > Is that as clean and lean as it could be? Is there some way to do this with > even fewer lines? > > Next question: Couldn't class Kozmik be a module instead? Sure... module Kozmik def acts_as_frog(species) @frog_list ||= [] @frog_list << species self.class.send :attr_accessor, :frog_list end end class Toad; extend Kozmik ... end Or is that cheating somehow? -- vjoel : Joel VanderWerf : path berkeley edu : 510 665 3407