From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2007-03-22T03:08:56+09:00
Subject: Re: does Ruby not support multiple "initialize" methods for a class???

On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 12:27:04PM +0900, David A. Black wrote:
> 
> It's like Ruby is saying, "You want 'attributes'?  OK.  Here.  Now
> you've got 'attributes'." :-)  It's all built on the simplest possible
> things in Ruby, and on not very many of them.
> 
> Multiple constructors seem to fall into that category.  All you have
> to do is use allocate, and you can have as many constructors as you
> need.
> 
> I wonder what lies ahead.  I mean, look how easy it is to conjure up
> things like attributes and class methods from the building blocks that
> Ruby offers.  The things that get conjured up tend to resemble things
> from other languages -- but maybe there are entirely new constructs
> waiting to arise out of Ruby's components.

Hmm.  I like that explanation.  It'll bear some thought.

Thanks.

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