But I don't really know what were you using that dictionary for and what was the intention (#params: is not a very nice name).
i have been intentionally being vague about what i am doing, as i am trying to understand the best smalltalk practice, without introducing an approach from another language. the idea i am after is something like this in rails.. i can make a hash like: dog_params = {:sound => 'bark', :food => 'steak'} and create a dog like: Dog.create(dog_params) and have a dog that with those params.. i just want to make sure i am not inventing a problem to solve.. and that there isn't a more 'smalltalky' way to do it. thanks! -- ---- peace, sergio photographer, journalist, visionary http://www.ThoseOptimizeGuys.com http://www.CodingForHire.com http://www.coffee-black.com http://www.painlessfrugality.com http://www.twitter.com/sergio_101 http://www.facebook.com/sergio101