From: Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>
Date: 2008-10-23T08:42:45+09:00
Subject: Re: neatest way to extend Struct

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 4:34 PM, David A. Black <dblack@rubypal.com> wrote:
>
> Do you need to use inheritance, as opposed to just instantiating
> MyStruct directly? I'm thinking of, for example:
>
> class MyStruct < Struct
>  def self.new(*keys)
>    s = super
>    s.class_eval do
>      define_method(:initialize) do |hash|
>        hash.each {|k,v| send("#{k}=",v) }
>      end
>    end
>    s
>  end
> end

Doh - of course, since you aren't inheriting from Struct, you
shouldn't be inheriting from MyStruct either :) Wasn't thinking
clearly enough about the problem. Thanks!

martin