From: lists <lists@...>
Date: 2006-11-17T08:25:35+09:00
Subject: Re: struct with defaults?

On Nov 16, 2006, at 12:30 PM, Giles Bowkett wrote:

> is there an easy, elegant way to set up a Struct so it has defaults on
> initialization?
>
> (besides def initialize?)
>
> --  
> Giles Bowkett
> http://www.gilesgoatboy.org
>
>

Not an exact answer to your question, but would using OpenStruct fit  
the bill?

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'ostruct'

user = OpenStruct.new({:name => 'Bob', :uid => 1234})
p user.name
p user.uid
user.name = 'Fred'
p user.name