mckomo / metaxa

Declare dynamiclly variables in a local context

Metaxa

Metaxa enables you to dynamically define variables in the main scope (main:Object).

Usage

require 'metaxa'

include Metaxa

introduce :foo, with_value: 'foo'

puts foo == 'foo' # true
puts foo === get(:foo) # true

set :foo, 'foobar'

puts foo == 'foobar' # true
puts foo === get(:foo) # true

self.foo = 'foobarbaz' # foo = ... will introduce new overlying variable

puts foo == 'foobarbaz' # true
puts foo === get(:foo) # true

See more constructive examples in examples dir 😎.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'metaxa'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install metaxa

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run bin/test to run the tests.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/mckomo/metaxa. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

metaxa's Issues

Class methods

How do I use like the example below with local_method_variable being local method variable?

class Calculation

  include Metaxa

  def self.salary(params)
      introduce :local_method_variable, with_value: Time.now
      local_method_variable
  end

end

Thank you!!