From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2006-07-26T15:37:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Set an instance variable before and after initialize

On Wed, 26 Jul 2006, Ben Nagy wrote:

> What does this construction (r=super) do? I tried removing both references
> to r and replacing it with a single 'super' and it seemed to behave
> identically.

it says: return whatever super used to.  it's just good form when you wrap a
method.

>>    include BeforeAfterInit
>>
>>    before{ @a = 40 }
>>    after{ @b = 2 }
>
> When I define an initialize method here without using super, it breaks
> (obvious, I guess), When I use super the before and after code gets run at
> the same time - in other words:
>
> 	def initialize
> 		p @a #should be set, but => nil

but why?  you haven't called super yet.  try calling it first.

-a
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