From: Trans Date: 2005-10-16T10:21:57+09:00 Subject: Re: Factory function like Array() for your own classes > I wasn't aware that Trans had already suggested this - can anyone > point me to the discussion? http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/114265 Probably has been thought of before too. And btw I wrote a system to automate it fora all classes --but b/c it just adds additional overhead for a little bit nicer syntax I don't find it very useful. T.