lucaswinningham/how_to_create_a_class_dynamically_in_ruby.md

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    Taken from this answer on StackOverflow
name = "Person"
attributes = [:name, :age]

class MyBaseClass; end

klass = Class.new(MyBaseClass) do
  ATTRIBUTES = attributes

  attr_accessor *ATTRIBUTES

  def initialize(*args)
    raise ArgumentError, "Too many arguments" if args.size > ATTRIBUTES.size

    ATTRIBUTES.zip(args) do |attr, val|
      send "#{attr}=", val
    end
  end
end

Object.const_set name, klass
Person.new("John Doe", 42) # => #<Person:0x007f934a975830 @name="John Doe", @age=42>