From: transfire@...
Date: 2006-06-02T09:31:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Forcing superclass initialization

Actually I find that an interesting question. I've sometimes wondered
about "forced super" for #initialize, as well and all methods actually.
The problem though is at least two fold.

1) How do you "override". What if the behavior needs to be completely
different and you want none of what comes before?

2) A forced super has to be called at some specific point. Should it be
before eveything else, or after? What if you want things to occur
before and after?

In the past I've suggested that a better appraoch would be either AOP
on the ::new call --if we ever get a bonafide AOP system. Or at least a
"preinitialize" callback in which there is a "forced" execution
throughout the class hierarchy.

T.