Each instance of class Member represents an individual person, recorded by an (imaginary) society-membership app. A member has a number of basic attributes such as a name and a year of birth.
Once created, a Member object is immutable; to represent changes in a person, one should create a new instance of the class.
Parameters
id
a number that uniquely identifies the member from other members of the society
name
the member’s name
yearOfBirth
the year the member was born
yearOfDeath
the year the member died (wrapped in an Option; None if the member is alive)
Returns a Boolean value indicating whether the member is alive or not. That is, returns true if the member does not have a year of death,* and false if they do.
Returns a Boolean value indicating whether the member is alive or not. That is, returns true if the member does not have a year of death,* and false if they do.
Returns a compact string description of the member. The description of a dead person has the form "Name(YoB-YoD)"; e.g. "Elvis(1935-1977)". The description of a living person is the same but with no year of death; e.g., "Madonna(1958-)".
Returns a compact string description of the member. The description of a dead person has the form "Name(YoB-YoD)"; e.g. "Elvis(1935-1977)". The description of a living person is the same but with no year of death; e.g., "Madonna(1958-)".
