From: gabriele renzi <rff_rff@...>
Date: 2004-11-13T09:58:26+09:00
Subject: Re: #init

trans. (T. Onoma) ha scritto:
> The argument that #init should be available to end users like #id is very weak 
> b/c 'id' is very common, especially in DB work (where it is essentially 
> required). I have never had a need for my own #init, nor seen any other code 
> that required such --i.e. made things troubling for the lack of it.

I may recall wrongly but ruby/SDL has it, ruby/GTK (ruby-gnome2), Fox 
and qtruby too. And maybe the oracle driver. It seem that some kind of 
libraries (i.e. those written in c/c++ with an OO mind) make some use of 
it. I guess some more may have it.


> The main point as to why #init is much better, is simply to do with saving 
> time. Add up all the time you save typing those extra 6 characters.

don't get me wrong, I'd like to save keystrokes, and actually I'd have 
loved if matz designed #initialize as something shorter since the 
beginning, but now I guess it breaks too much stuff.