From: Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@...>
Date: 2008-11-21T08:46:13+09:00
Subject: Re: question about initialize

>> 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).

Would it be better to have initialize called 'on_new' so that the 
connection is more firm?
Thoughts?
-=R
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