From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2004-10-20T22:29:23+09:00
Subject: Re: Too many default argument values!


Sorry for the empty post.


"James Edward Gray II" <james@grayproductions.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:98E27FB2-2299-11D9-A2B6-000A95BA45F8@grayproductions.net...
> On Oct 20, 2004, at 7:43 AM, Matt Maycock wrote:
>
> > a much better idea would be:
> >
> > DEFAULT_HASH = { ... }
> > def myFunc(arg1, ..., argN, optHash={})
> >   DEFAULT_HASH.keys.each {|k|
> >     optHash[k] = DEFAULT_HASH[k] unless optHash.include?(k)
> >   }
> >   ....
> > end
>
> Or slightly simpler:
>
> DEFAULT_OPTIONS = { ... }
> def my_func( arg1, ... argN, options = { } )
> options = DEFAULT_OPTIONS.merge(options)

Thanks for that hint!  I didn't know Hash#merge yet.

    robert