From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2004-06-29T02:14:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Is it considered Harmful?

Sean O'Dell wrote:
>>With just #become (no class=), you can't create objects whose
>>#initialize is not called.  It's just like swapping variables, except
>>all variables that point to the pointee are affected.
> 
> You can't do that with #class= either.  You can only call #class= on objects 
> that exist, hence they've been initialized.  The new class might not know 
> what to do with the object, but the object certainly has already been 
> initialized.

You're missing his point.

If I call Array.new, I certainly get an array whose #initialize
has been called.

But if I then do arr.class = Net::HTTP, then Net:HTTP#initialize
does NOT get called (e.g., to set the host name or whatever).


Hal