From: Thomas Hurst <tom.hurst@...>
Date: 2002-06-07T00:10:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Struct :symbol vs 'string' difference

* Tim Sutherland (timsuth@ihug.co.nz) wrote:

> Bar = Struct.new('Bar', :a, :b, :c)
> Bar.new(1, 2, 3) -> #<Struct::Bar a=1, b=2, c=3>
>
> Foo = Struct.new(:Foo, :a, :b, :c)
> Foo.new(1, 2, 3) -> #<Foo Foo=1, a=2, b=3, c=nil>

> I'm wondering why there is this difference, which I found surprising.

If Struct#new's first argument is a string, it's used as the name of the
structure within Struct::, otherwise it's just returned as an anonymous
class object.

It's not surprising if you read the docs ;)

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