BasicObject example

tinyxml.rb

# Courtesy David Black
class TinyXML < BasicObject
  def method_missing(m, *args, &block)
    $stdout << "<#{m}>\n"
    if block
      $stdout << yield
    end
    $stdout << "\n</#{m}>"
    return
  end
end

tx = TinyXML.new

tx.people do
  tx.person do
    tx.name do
      "David"
    end
  end
end