From: Mathieu Bouchard <matju@...>
Date: 2001-05-18T06:33:59+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:15345] Re: Newbie Module Mixin Issue


On Fri, 18 May 2001, Steve Tuckner wrote:
> I want to write a module that when mixed into another class finds out when a
> new object of that class or sub-class is created.  I thought of aliasing the
> new method or some other such way but I don't know enough ruby to get his
> done. Below is what I am thinking (this obviously doesn't work).

Just a tip: don't mess with "new" unless you really know what you're
doing.

$object_list = []
module ObjectDB
	# *args is for "accept anything"
	def initialize(*args)
		$object_list.push self
		super
	end
end

matju