Re: [Rails-devel] The Player Class

[John D. G. <jd...@di...>]

Erik Vos wrote:
> Nice, but what is the advantage above a static array?
> Looks a lot easier to me.
> 
> I'm getting the impression that 'static' is synonymous to
> 'not done' here....

I hope so.

The reason for not using static arrays is that they set an unnecessary
upper limit on the number of instances, which can fail when temporary
copies of a class object are created in situations such as copying a
class type (a = b) or when a function returns a value of that type.
Some compilers create these temporary copies when others don't, so it's
simpler and better just to avoid having the limit.