Is it acceptable having parameter in class constructor?

Question

a rubygem I\'m writing and that is useful for counting word occurrences in a text, I choose to put 3 parameters in class constructor.

The code is working, but I want

Answer 1

In my experience I can tell that the very reason for allowing constructor parameters in most languages, apart from the fact of increasing the easiness in class instantiation, is to make it easy to use the API.

Favoring constructor, over getter/setter instantiation, also helps immutability, that is, creating an object thorough its constructor, and not letting anyone modify its properties later on.