class Module

def mattr_reader(*syms)
  options = syms.extract_options!
  syms.each do |sym|
    raise NameError.new('invalid attribute name') unless sym =~ /^[_A-Za-z]\w*$/
    class_eval(<<-EOS, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1)
      @@#{sym} = nil unless defined? @@#{sym}
      def self.#{sym}
        @@#{sym}
      end
    EOS
    unless options[:instance_reader] == false || options[:instance_accessor] == false
      class_eval(<<-EOS, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1)
        def #{sym}
          @@#{sym}
        end
      EOS
    end
  end
end