From: Damphyr <damphyr@...>
Date: 2005-09-29T17:04:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Class Methods and derivation

Robert Klemme wrote:
> 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.
Forget even that I said it. It was too late after too many beers :)
V.-

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