From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2006-11-15T23:54:30+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] VCR Program Manager (#101)

On Nov 13, 2006, at 5:56 PM, Jamie Macey wrote:

> Rule of the day was the simplest thing that could possibly work.  As
> such, I didn't feel the need to split the logic out into a separate
> Program class, but I kept two arrays of prospective programs - one for
> recurring and one for one-shot.

When I was new from to Ruby, from Perl, I use to think those ad hoc  
data structures were "the simplest thing" too.  With a fair amount of  
Ruby experience now, I'm not so sure though.

For example, have a look at Dale Martenson's solution, which is very  
close to your own in size.  Dale used a Program class.

In fact, Program could be as simple as:

   Program = Struct.new(:start_time, :end_time, :channel, :days)

Then add could be:

   class ProgramManager
     def add(program_details)
       @programs << Program.new(
         *program_details.values_at(:start, :end, :channel, :days)
       )
     end
   end

I'm not saying anything about your solution here.  Just thinking out  
loud in hopes of inspiring discussion...  ;)

James Edward Gray II