From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2005-09-29T16:21:44+09:00
Subject: Re: Class Methods and derivation

Damphyr wrote:
>> Guy, you were too fast again! :-)  So I cut out my similar example
>> and just add what would have been my explanation:
>>
>> The trick is not to do Test.new but to use just new (calls self.new
>> which is DerivedTest in sub class).
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>>     robert
> I can always rely on Guy for a fast answer :).

:-))

> Simple, when not very obvious. I guess I had to keep in mind that new
> is private and for private methods self. is implicit.

new is *not* private - initialize is.  How else could you do Foo.new?  new
is a method of the class intance and initialize is an instance method.

Kind regards

    robert