* struct.c (Struct.new): Document Struct.new with block

  Patch by Hiroyuki Iwatsuki [Bug #7674]


git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@38883 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e

2 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index db144d6f5f..47d87e5bb1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sat Jan 19 11:35:00 2013  Zachary Scott  <zachary@zacharyscott.net>
+
+	* struct.c (Struct.new): Document Struct.new with block
+	  Patch by Hiroyuki Iwatsuki [Bug #7674]
+
 Sat Jan 19 09:52:46 2013  Eric Hodel  <drbrain@segment7.net>
 
 	* doc/syntax/miscellaneous.rdoc:  Added section on defined?
diff --git a/struct.c b/struct.c
index fc03130987..5e9f9a15a1 100644
--- a/struct.c
+++ b/struct.c
@@ -283,9 +283,10 @@ rb_struct_define(const char *name, ...)
 
 /*
  *  call-seq:
- *     Struct.new( [aString] [, aSym]+> )    -> StructClass
- *     StructClass.new(arg, ...)             -> obj
- *     StructClass[arg, ...]                 -> obj
+ *     Struct.new( [aString] [, aSym]+> )                         -> StructClass
+ *     Struct.new( [aString] [, aSym]+> ) {|StructClass| block }  -> StructClass
+ *     StructClass.new(arg, ...)                                  -> obj
+ *     StructClass[arg, ...]                                      -> obj
  *
  *  Creates a new class, named by <i>aString</i>, containing accessor
  *  methods for the given symbols. If the name <i>aString</i> is
@@ -296,6 +297,16 @@ rb_struct_define(const char *name, ...)
  *  letter. Assigning a structure class to a constant effectively gives
  *  the class the name of the constant.
  *
+ *  If a block is given, it will be evaluated in the context of
+ *  <i>StructClass</i>, passing <i>StructClass</i> as a parameter.
+ *
+ *     Customer = Struct.new(:name, :address) do
+ *       def greeting
+ *         "Hello #{name}!"
+ *       end
+ *     end
+ *     Customer.new("Dave", "123 Main").greeting  # => "Hello Dave!"
+ *
  *  <code>Struct::new</code> returns a new <code>Class</code> object,
  *  which can then be used to create specific instances of the new
  *  structure. The number of actual parameters must be