From: Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>
Date: 2004-07-03T21:52:50+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby-dev summary 23763-23840

Minero Aoki <aamine@loveruby.net> wrote:
> 
>     + There are similar methods such as Integer(), String(), etc.
>     - URI.[] is better because URI() pollutes the global name space.
>     - String(obj) calls obj.to_s.  Integer(obj) calls obj.to_i.
>       But URI(obj) does not call obj.to_uri.
>       (Note that Complex(obj) does not call obj.to_complex, too.)
>     - A method name which begins with a capital looks bad.

I like the idea of Class() being used as a constructor - it's a neat,
readable idiom. I don't really see this as namespace pollution, since
the class and the method are in some sense logically bound together;
similarly the fact that this is a special case makes the capital
acceptabe.

martin