[SOLVED] Use @ symbol in a rails method name

Is there any way for me to use the '@' symbol in a rails method name? e.g.

def @method_name

end

Rails doesn't seem to like it.

I want to do it to adhere to some external conventions (external to rails).

It can be done like this:

define_method('@test') do
  'test'
end

this method then has to be called with:

model.send('@test')

I would not recommend it, since it will be ugly and complicated and that is against the philosophy of ruby. But it can be done.