From: Douglas Seifert <doug@...>
Date: 2009-09-19T09:51:44+09:00
Subject: Re: Getting to one attribute of my marshalled array of objects

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One other thing:



>>  def initialize
>>    if File.exists?(@@inventoryFile)
>>      File.open(@@inventoryFile) do |file|
>>        @carArray = Marshal.load(file)
>>      end
>>    else
>>        @carArray = Array.new
>>        @carArray[0] = Car.new(nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil)
>>
>
I would delete the above line, it is not needed.  You should use the fact
that the array itself is empty to denote there are no cars in the inventory,
not a fictional marker car with nil VIN.

-Doug Seifert

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