ruby where to define structs

Question

I know I can define new structs in ruby by doing

Person = Struct.new(:first_name, :last_name)

What I'm wondering is what is the appropriate place to define this struct (and other structs I'll be using). Person will be used throughout the system. In other languages such as Java, I would typically define Person as another class, but with this inline definition in Ruby, where is the correct place to define it so it is available to the entire system?

Igbanam · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-28 01:32:02Z

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You can define it anywhere really. Just make sure to require the file wherever needed

EDIT If you want some structure, it will be nice to have a folder where you define the structs and classes you need and require all files in that folder inside your app

answered Jun 28, 2012 at 1:32

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Jeff Storey Over a year ago

Is it typical to have a file with multiple structs (and only structs) in there, or are they usually defined 1 per file?

Igbanam Over a year ago

rails has the convention of one class per file. coming from the the rails world, this is how I structured my source; and it does help to know where a definition is. but you may have multiple structs in one file.

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