When should I use Struct vs. OpenStruct?

Question

In general, what are the advantages and disadvantages of using an OpenStruct as compared to a Struct? What type of general use-cases would fit each of these?

Answer 1

Using @Robert code, I add Hashie::Mash to the benchmark item and got this result:

                           user     system      total        real
Hashie::Mash slow      3.600000   0.000000   3.600000 (  3.755142)
Hashie::Mash fast      3.000000   0.000000   3.000000 (  3.318067)
OpenStruct slow       11.200000   0.010000  11.210000 ( 12.095004)
OpenStruct fast       10.900000   0.000000  10.900000 ( 12.669553)
Struct slow            0.370000   0.000000   0.370000 (  0.470550)
Struct fast            0.140000   0.000000   0.140000 (  0.145161)