From: Giles Bowkett <gilesb@...>
Date: 2006-05-15T15:44:16+09:00
Subject: Struct.new vs class

OK, so I have this class and it could probably be a Struct.

class Sample

  # I should probably turn this whole class into a simple
Struct.new(etc.) statement

  attr :note_length, true
  attr :track, true
  attr :note, true
  attr :channel, true
  attr :threshold, true
  attr :notes, true

  def initialize(note_length, sequence, note, channel, threshold, notes)
    @note_length = note_length

    @track = Track.new(sequence)
    @track.sequence.tracks << @track # butt

    @note = note
    @channel = channel
    @threshold = threshold
    @notes = notes
  end

end


Please forgive my laziness, because I'm certain this is in Pickaxe,
Why's Poignant Guide, Ruby In A Nutshell, "The Ruby Way," and a dozen
other resources as well, most of which are either a bookshelf away or
a Google away, but if anybody wants to just humor me, what's the best
way to simplify this heinous, Java-esque code? Can I throw it in a
Struct and then just extend initialize without losing any of the stuff
Struct provides?

The line with the comment "butt" is unavoidable (for now).

-- 
Giles Bowkett
http://www.gilesgoatboy.org