From: Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...>
Date: 2009-06-28T12:20:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Attr Methods and object setters

On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Joel VanderWerf<vjoel@path.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> Gregory Brown wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Fabian
>> Streitel<karottenreibe@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> ...
>>>>
>>>> def name(*args)
>>>>      return @name if args.empty?
>>>>     @name = args.first
>>>> end
>>>
>>> Better, but IMHO that's WAY too much overhead for something as basic as a
>>> setter.
>>> After all, you have to construct an array everytime you access the
>>> setter...
>>
>> Huh?  This is the way Ruby arguments work no matter what.  Using *args
>> just gives you raw access to the arguments.
>
> No, *args does construct an array.

Interesting.  Does this really matter though?
I know that GC is slow in Ruby but just how soon would this become a
problem in practical applications.

(I suppose it depends on the application)

-greg