From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2007-01-25T04:07:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Can Ruby do the Objective-C/Cocoa style alloc/init pattern?

On Jan 24, 2007, at 01:50, Greg Hurrell wrote:

> In Objective-C/Cocoa objects normally come to life in the following
> way:
>
> instance = [[Class alloc] init];
>
> The "Class" is sent an "alloc" message (memory is allocated and a new
> instance is actually created) and then the new instance is sent an
> "init" message (allowing the object to prepare itself for use).

new is written like:

class Object
   def self.new(*args, &block)
     obj = allocate
     obj.send(:initialize, *args, &block) # initialize is private
     obj
   end
end

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