From: Rodney Brown <rodney.brown@...>
Date: 2006-11-13T10:22:37+09:00
Subject: Getting initialization status from "foo = Class.new"

Here's a ruby noob question for ya:

I have a class I've made that the initalize method searches for a file 
needed for the class to function.

Right now, I've made a class variable, "found", that is set to true or 
false if the initialize method could or could not find the file.

For example:

foo = Class.new

if foo.found == true
   # continue program
else
   # give error message
exit

Is there a way for "Class.new" to signal failure?  I originally had the 
class's initialize method return true or false but this doesn't seem to 
be reflected in a "foo = Class.new" when trying it in irb.

Using the class variable "found" works but shouldn't Class.new signal 
failure?

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