From: Zachary Holt <z@...>
Date: 2007-06-13T02:47:51+09:00
Subject: Re: question about initialize

On Jun 12, 2007, at 10:34 AM, Mike Steiner wrote:

> Why is the constructor method named initialize? Why not name it new  
> to be
> consistent?
Typically, :new is a class method, which calls the instantiated  
object's :initialize instance method, if one is available, with the  
parameters passed to :new.
You can override the class method :new (this is a good place to use  
super), but be sure to return the newly minted object.  Often you can  
just override the :initialize instance method, however.

If there's no :new class method in your class definition, then you're  
getting Object.new (or some other super class's :new).