From: Bira <u.alberton@...>
Date: 2006-05-07T05:10:05+09:00
Subject: self.new and initialize ( was Re: Creating sub-classes using Struct)

On 5/6/06, Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@gmail.com> wrote:

> I would suggest
>
> class Database
>    def self.new(file_containing_info)
>        fields = parse_field_format(file_containing_info)
>        Database.const_set('Record", Struct.new(*fields))
>        super
>    end
>
>    def initialize(file)
>       @records = []
>       read_each_record_in_file(file) do |record_data|
>            record = Database::Record.new
>            extract_record_data_into(record_data, record)
>            @records << record
>       end
>   end
> end

I think I still have a long way to go before I can write a decent,
Ruby-ish example :). This one is a little beyond my ability to
understand at a glance...

What happens when I call Database.new(some_file) ? In which order to
the "new" and "initialize" methods get called?

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