From: Dave Thomas <dave@...>
Date: 2004-11-12T04:46:04+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby idiom for attribute definition?


On Nov 11, 2004, at 13:29, James Edward Gray II wrote:
>
> For what it's worth, I think the Struct is better OO design.  I'm 
> firmly in the "Ask for help, not information." camp of OO programmers, 
> so I try to avoid "getters/setters" whenever possible.
>
> A Struct on the other hand is just a record holder to my mind, so I 
> have much less problem with using it in a case like this.

Exactly - that's what made me suggest it. A class with a large number 
of attr_accessors is not really an encapsulated class, so it felt to me 
that a Struct would be more appropriate.

I almost suggested using a Hash... :)


Cheers

Dave