From: jtprince <jtprince@...>
Date: 2011-02-26T03:51:42+09:00
Subject: how to override the new/initialize method for a struct?

How do I make a custom initializer for a struct object?  This is how I would expect it to be accomplished (but this does not work):

Dog = Struct.new(:bark, :bite) do
  def initialize(*args)
    super(*args)
    bark = "really loud" unless bark
  end
end

dd = Dog.new
p dd.bark # => should be "really loud" but is nil

So, structs have no initialize method...  I tried some other approaches but no luck yet.  Can anyone figure out how to do this?