wxruby users - May 2004 - Ruby-style attribute accessors

Hi (think this got lost in the post)

Bill Atkins wrote:

 > Are there any plans to replace the setter/getter methods with Ruby
 > attribute accessors?

 > e.g. "tree.set_font font" becomes "tree.font = font"

I think I might prefer this style too. To see what this syntax looks 
like, you can fake it in Ruby fairly easily. Try the following (not 
extensively tested) just after you do "require
''wxruby''"

cheers
alex

wx_classes = Wx::constants.map { | c | Wx::const_get(c) }.grep(Class)

wx_classes.each do | klass |
   klass.instance_methods.grep(/^([gs]et|evt)_/).each do | meth |
     if meth =~ /^get_(\w+)$/
       klass.class_eval("alias :#{$1} :#{meth}")
     elsif meth =~ /^set_(\w+)$/
       klass.class_eval("alias :#{$1}= :#{meth}")
     end
   end
end

# for example
frame = Wx::Frame.new(nil, -1, ''GOOD TIMES'',
                       Wx::DEFAULT_POSITION, Wx::DEFAULT_SIZE)
p frame.title
frame.title = "BAD TIMES"

alex fenton wrote:
> I think I might prefer this style too. To see what this syntax looks 
> like, you can fake it in Ruby fairly easily. Try the following (not 
> extensively tested) just after you do "require
''wxruby''"
Very cool!

Thanks,

Kevin