From: Wayne Vucenic <nightphotos@...>
Date: 2008-11-28T07:53:58+09:00
Subject: Re: private #initialize

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Yossef Mendelssohn <ymendel@pobox.com> wrote:

> Is it simply because an object shouldn't be re-
> initialized once it's created? And if so, is that so horrible?

I don't think the issue is that an object shouldn't be re-initialized, I think
it's that (in general) an object shouldn't be re-initialized by anyone
except itself.   If I'm writing a class, I'll declare certain instance methods
private, because I don't want clients calling them.  initialize seems like
a method that I rarely want clients to be able to call.

Best regards,

Wayne

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Wayne Vucenic
No Bugs Software
Agile Ruby (but preferably not Rails) Contract Programming in Silicon
Valley since 2001