From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2009-02-15T08:58:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Frozen OpenStruct allows modification

On 15.02.2009 00:18, Stefan Lang wrote:
> 2009/2/14 bhz <bhznospam@yahoo.com>:
>> Why does OpenStruct allow modification after it has been frozen? Output is
>> 20 in both ruby 1.8.6 and 1.9:
>>
>> require 'ostruct'
>>
>> a = OpenStruct.new()
>> a.foo = 10
>> a.freeze()
>> a.foo = 20
>> puts a.foo
> 
> Because the OpenStruct instance is never modified here,
> only the internal hash it uses to store attribute values.
> The internal hash is not frozen, only the OpenStruct instance
> itself.

That could still be considered a bug and IMHO it is.

Kind regards

	robert