gistfile1.rb

module Configuration
  
  def self.attributes
    @attributes
  end
  
  def self.configure
    base = ConfigBlock.new
    yield base
    
    @attributes = base.attrs
  end
  
  def self.[](value)
    self.attributes[value]
  end

  def self.method_missing(method, *args, &block)
    puts method
    self.attributes[method]
  end
  
  class ConfigBlock
    
    attr_accessor :attrs
    
    def initialize(attrs = {})
      @attrs = attrs
    end
    
    def method_missing(method, *args, &block)
      
      name = method.to_s.sub('=','').to_sym#Take the = off the end
      
      #If is's a method like foo= then assign it to the internal structure
      if(method.to_s.include?('='))
        attrs[name] = args[0]
      else
        #Otherwise it's a sub-block that you should store a reference to the actual created attributes
        sub_block = ConfigBlock.new
        @attrs[name] = sub_block.attrs
        sub_block # then return the sub_block magician so that it can continue to get at the further nested attributes
      end
    end
  end

end

Configuration.configure do |top|
  top.bottom = "hi"
  top.left.right = "this is right"
  top.some.other.variable.name = "a name"
end

puts Configuration[:bottom]
puts Configuration[:left][:right]
puts Configuration[:some][:other][:variable][:name]

puts Configuration.some[:other][:variable][:name]
puts Configuration.some.other.variable.name