Comments on: What If Ruby Had Final Variables Like Java Or Erlang? http://www.prestonlee.com/2009/01/01/what-if-ruby-had-final-variables-like-java-or-erlang/ Technologist, businessman and entrepreneur. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:45:05 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: preston.lee http://www.prestonlee.com/2009/01/01/what-if-ruby-had-final-variables-like-java-or-erlang/comment-page-1/#comment-647 preston.lee Thu, 07 May 2009 18:15:07 +0000 http://www.prestonlee.com/?p=454#comment-647 I'm not 100% sure I understand the situation, but this seems like it would be a great context for "final" variables to be utilized. If you're primarily having issues debugging, you could try freezing the object to prevent unintended mutations after initial setup, or simply override the mutators causing havoc to raise exceptions. That's not a solution I'd permanently leave in the code, but it at least helps for debugging purposes. HTH, Preston I’m not 100% sure I understand the situation, but this seems like it would be a great context for “final” variables to be utilized. If you’re primarily having issues debugging, you could try freezing the object to prevent unintended mutations after initial setup, or simply override the mutators causing havoc to raise exceptions. That’s not a solution I’d permanently leave in the code, but it at least helps for debugging purposes. HTH,

Preston

]]> By: Greg http://www.prestonlee.com/2009/01/01/what-if-ruby-had-final-variables-like-java-or-erlang/comment-page-1/#comment-646 Greg Thu, 07 May 2009 01:56:21 +0000 http://www.prestonlee.com/?p=454#comment-646 I recently came to Ruby after developing with java for many years. I found your blog after searching for Ruby final variables because as of now I have an array of languages which I defined in my helper class. I have in several places duplicated this list to pair it down to determine which translations I am missing. I want to make this list final. I should be able to make this list final. It not being final is a threat to my applications stability and correctness. Any suggestions? I recently came to Ruby after developing with java for many years. I found your blog after searching for Ruby final variables because as of now I have an array of languages which I defined in my helper class. I have in several places duplicated this list to pair it down to determine which translations I am missing. I want to make this list final. I should be able to make this list final. It not being final is a threat to my applications stability and correctness. Any suggestions?

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