I have a struct that looks like this (simplified for concision):
(struct db-chunk (scratchdir-path chunkdir-path) #:mutable)
I'd like to ensure that:
1) At least one of the fields must be set at creation
2) Both fields will accept only a path-string? value
3) Both fields will return string? when accessed, as that makes it
easier to insert into the DB when the time comes.
I can put a #:guard parameter on db-chunk that will check #1 and #2
and (if necessary) transform the input into a string in order to
satisfy #3, but that only works at initialization. From there I would
need to redefine the mutator:
(struct db-chunk (scratchdir-path chunkdir-path) #:mutable)
(let ([old-mut set-db-chunk-scratchdir-path!])
(set! set-db-chunk-scratchdir-path!
(lambda (chnk val)
(old-mut chnk (if (path? val) (path->string val) val))))))
Alternatively, I could define my struct and then make a bunch of
custom manipulation functions, but then (a) I've got these unguarded
functions floating around and (b) I've given up a major advantage of
structs, which is their concision.
Alternatively again, I could use a class. That would make it easier
to add new fields if I need to and to add behavior around the
accessors/mutators, but it seems to work against the idea of
functional programming.
What would you more knowledgeable people recommend as the approach here?
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