On May 17, 2013, at 9:48 PM, Niels Buus wrote: > I don't know if this is appropriate for this forum, so please kindly > dicipline me, if I am out of line. :-) > > Some days ago, as I was working on a Rails project, it occured to me that > numerical values on ActiveRecord objects can be kind of annoying to work with > and I got an idea for a solution that would give me an opportunity to dwell > into metaprogramming and gem development - two fields on which I have no > prior experience. The basic idea is to declare the units used in numeral > attributes and exploit that knowledge for formatting and conversion purposes. > Perhaps this has already been done before, although I wasn't able to find > anything in a few quick Google searches. > > Anyway, Instead of repeating myself, I'd like you to skim the README on this > new project of mine: > > https://github.com/nielsbuus/united_attributes > > I would really appreciate feedback on whether this is a good idea. And > secondly, if you have the time, I'd would be nice to get some feedback on the > details of the implementation as well. I know it has no specs yet, but that's > because I'm using a Try-Driven Development process whenever venturing into > new things. =)
This is really cool, thanks for doing this! I can see a problem ahead for currency -- I built a currency converter a while back that relied on a lookup of the current day's exchange rates. Not a pretty thing. You sort of tease at that with your £ vs # when discussing the duck, just letting you know that while your premise is extremely tight, and your execution as I see it here is really neatly done, that particular detail will make you cry when it comes time to make it real. Walter > > // Niels Buus > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/ca689a82-dcef-499d-a641-ca473677e20b%40googlegroups.com?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
