A tuple is the elementary object in Rinda programming. Tuples may be matched against templates if the tuple and the template are the same size.

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Class Public methods
new(ary_or_hash)

Creates a new Tuple from ary_or_hash which must be an Array or Hash.

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# File ../ruby/lib/rinda/rinda.rb, line 51
def initialize(ary_or_hash)
  if hash?(ary_or_hash)
    init_with_hash(ary_or_hash)
  else
    init_with_ary(ary_or_hash)
  end
end
Instance Public methods
[](k)

Accessor method for elements of the tuple.

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# File ../ruby/lib/rinda/rinda.rb, line 69
def [](k)
  @tuple[k]
end
each()

Iterate through the tuple, yielding the index or key, and the value, thus ensuring arrays are iterated similarly to hashes.

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# File ../ruby/lib/rinda/rinda.rb, line 84
def each # FIXME
  if Hash === @tuple
    @tuple.each { |k, v| yield(k, v) }
  else
    @tuple.each_with_index { |v, k| yield(k, v) }
  end
end
fetch(k)

Fetches item k from the tuple.

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# File ../ruby/lib/rinda/rinda.rb, line 76
def fetch(k)
  @tuple.fetch(k)
end
size()

The number of elements in the tuple.

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# File ../ruby/lib/rinda/rinda.rb, line 62
def size
  @tuple.size
end
value()

Return the tuple itself

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# File ../ruby/lib/rinda/rinda.rb, line 94
def value
  @tuple
end
Instance Private methods
hash?(ary_or_hash)

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# File ../ruby/lib/rinda/rinda.rb, line 100
def hash?(ary_or_hash)
  ary_or_hash.respond_to?(:keys)
end
init_with_ary(ary)

Munges ary into a valid Tuple.

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# File ../ruby/lib/rinda/rinda.rb, line 107
def init_with_ary(ary)
  @tuple = Array.new(ary.size)
  @tuple.size.times do |i|
    @tuple[i] = ary[i]
  end
end
init_with_hash(hash)

Ensures hash is a valid Tuple.

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# File ../ruby/lib/rinda/rinda.rb, line 117
def init_with_hash(hash)
  @tuple = Hash.new
  hash.each do |k, v|
    raise InvalidHashTupleKey unless String === k
    @tuple[k] = v
  end
end