Mass assign arbitrary attributes on initialization

person.rb

class Person

  attr_accessor :name, :birthday, :hair_color, :eye_color, :height, :weight,
                :handed, :complexion, :t_shirt_size, :wrist_size, :glove_size,
                :pant_length, :pant_width

  def initialize(data)
    data.each do |attrib, value|
      self.send("#{attrib}=", value) unless !self.respond_to?(attrib.to_sym)
    end
  end

end