From: Sean O'Dell <sean@...>
Date: 2004-06-28T14:07:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Is it considered Harmful?

On Sunday 27 June 2004 17:30, Patrick May wrote:
> On Sunday, June 27, 2004, at 08:02  PM, Sean O'Dell wrote:
> > Those variables will still exist; all that changes is the class that
> > handles
> > them.  The original class still does all the initialization work.
> > #class=
> > changes the class of an existing object, so the old class has no more
> > responsibility once it has been replaced.  The class replacing it
> > takes over
> > all functionality.
>
> If an object of SomeClass becomes a Tempfile (or any other class with
> significant internal state), which class is responsible for the
> initialization work?

The class that created the object should have already initialized it.  
Initialization is part of object creation, usually.

	Sean O'Dell