From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2008-10-03T05:11:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Problem extending (adding methods) to class

Hi --

On Fri, 3 Oct 2008, Nit Khair wrote:

> Nit Khair wrote:
>> David A. Black wrote:
>>> Hi --
>>>
>>> On Fri, 3 Oct 2008, Nit Khair wrote:
>>>
>>>>> please post some actual code that triggers the error you're talking
>
> OK David, I will attach a file that comes with ncurses-ruby.
> I have subclassed FORM with MyForm and tried to call a method.
>
> (Once it works You can exit using C-c or alt-c.)
>
>
> Strangely in the samples we made, FORM and FIELD take no params. This is
> outside of the ncurses environment. In the sample i sent you earlier, i
> tried to create a FIELD object, but it would take no params !!!
> So i had no option but to take an independent fully working sample and
> add a few lines.

OK, I think what's happening here is that the FORM class is overriding
new, in such a way that it does not call initialize. So overriding
initialize doesn't do anything.

I don't have a solution worked out but I believe that's the issue.


David

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