From: Farrel Lifson <farrel.lifson@...>
Date: 2006-04-11T03:20:33+09:00
Subject: Re: new/initialize

new() is actually just  a class method of the class object (Obj). You
can create your own method if need be:

class Obj
  def self.new
    super
    ...
  end
end

Calling 'super' is pretty important otherwise your object is not
properly instantiated (I think). You can also wind up with the wrong
kind of object if you're not careful

irb(main):001:0> class Obj
irb(main):002:1>   def self.new
irb(main):003:2>     return "Hello!"
irb(main):004:2>   end
irb(main):005:1> end
=> nil
irb(main):006:0> o = Obj.new
=> "Hello!"
irb(main):008:0> o.class
=> String


Farrel