From: Jake McArthur <jake.mcarthur@...>
Date: 2006-07-28T04:31:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Prevent class instantiation from the initialize method?

On Jul 27, 2006, at 2:21 PM, Dave Mihalik wrote:

> Can some show me how to implement this java program using Ruby?
> I am simply trying to prevent the testclass from being instantiated in
> the constructor.
> I am then checking to see if the the class has instanatiated properly.

This seems like a bad idea. I can think of no good reason to do this.  
This is probably just a bad solution to a very different problem.  
What exactly are you planning to do with this?

- Jake McArthur