[#2367] Standard libraries — Dave Thomas <dave@...>

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60 messages 2004/02/11

[#2397] PATCH: deprecate cgi-lib, getopts, importenv, parsearg from standard library — Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>

Index: cgi-lib.rb

15 messages 2004/02/12

[#2465] PATCH: OpenStruct#initialize to yield self — Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>

This is a common approach I use to object initialization; I don't know

24 messages 2004/02/19

Re: PATCH: OpenStruct#initialize to yield self

From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Date: 2004-02-20 11:54:31 UTC
List: ruby-core #2476
Hi,

In message "PATCH: OpenStruct#initialize to yield self"
    on 04/02/19, Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@soyabean.com.au> writes:

|This is a common approach I use to object initialization; I don't know
|about other people.  Thought it was worth mentioning it here.  It
|allows code like the following:
|
|  record = OpenStruct.new do |r|
|    r.name = "John Smith"
|    r.age = 70
|    r.pension = 300
|  end

How much benefit do you get from this than

  r = OpenStruct.new
  r.name = "John Smith"
  r.age = 70
  r.pension = 300

?  Bit of readability?

							matz.

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