From: Chris Richards <evilgeenius@...>
Date: 2007-11-27T19:15:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Metaprogramming help

Wow, thanks for all your replies.

> BTW: To ensure a routine always runs on initialization despite
> #initialize, one way:
> 
>   class X
>     class << self
>       def new(*a, &b)
>         o = allocate
>         o.do_your_thing
>         o.initialize(*a,&b)
>         o
>       end
>     end
>   end
> 
> The other is AOP which is a much larger can of worms.

so whats the simplest way to ensure this method was always run ? :

def initialize(x=0, y=0)
  self.x_position=x
  self.y_position=y
end

Thanks
Chris

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