Idiomatic object creation in ruby

Question

In ruby, I often find myself writing the following:

class Foo
  def initialize(bar, baz)
    @bar = bar
    @baz = baz
  end

  << more stuff >>
         


        

Answer 1

You could use an object as param.

class Foo
  attr_accessor :param

  def initialize(p)
    @param = p
  end
end

f = Foo.new
f.param.bar = 1
f.param.bax = 2

This does not save much lines in this case but it will if your class has to handle a large number of param. You could also implement a set_param and get_param method if you want to keep your @param var private.