From: Dave Thomas <dave@...>
Date: 2004-02-20T13:07:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Change to #new (was OpenStruct#initialize to yield self)


On Feb 19, 2004, at 21:33, nobu.nokada@softhome.net wrote:
>> As more general suggestion. Could 'new' yield the new object is a 
>> block
>> is given? This behavior could then be overridden by the classes where
>> this isn't appropriate (such as hash).
>
> It's an old fashion.
>

I know that in the case of File.new it is deprecated. File could be one 
of the exceptions. But in general it seems like a fairly good idea, 
particularly for transient objects. It might even help with garbage 
collection.

Cheers

Dave