Classes are a basic Object Orientated Structure which encapsulate state and behaviour. Some times you just require to capture state/storage of a data structure with out any behaviour, in this case Ruby’s Stuct can be useful.

class Desk
  attr_accessor :height, :width, :depth

  def initialize(height=nil, width=nil, depth=nil)
    @height = height
    @width = width
    @depth = depth
  end
end

Becomes (Is the same as):

DeskS = Struct.new(:height, :width, :depth)

Instantiation

a = Desk.new(12, 13, 14)
b = DeskS.new(12, 13, 14)

a.height
 => 12

b.height
 => 12

Taking this further for less code in a basic class. This might be too far!

#In herriting from a Struct
# class DeskWithBehaviour < DeskS
class DeskWithBehaviour < Struct.new(:height, :width, :depth)
  def volume
    height * width * depth
  end
end

# Or Pass Struct a block
DeskSPlus = Struct.new(:height, :width, :depth) do
  def volume
    height * width * depth
  end
end

c = DeskWithBehaviour.new(1,2,3)
c.volume
 => 6
c.class
 => DeskWithBehaviour

d = DeskSPlus.new(1,2,3)
d.volume
 => 6
d.class
 => DeskSPlus