Sadly, this reminds me of some of my friends.
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class Assistant
attr_accessor :answered_calls
def initialize
@answered_calls = 0
end
def write_report
‘assistant writing report…’
end
end
class Boss
# proxy undefined member/methods to assistant
def initialize(assistant)
@assistant = assistant
end
def method_missing(name, *args)
@assistant.send(name, *args)
end
end
assistant = Assistant.new
boss = Boss.new(assistant)
boss.answered_calls = 5
puts assistant.answered_calls
# => 5
puts boss.write_report
# => assistant writing report
