From: Julian Leviston <julian@...>
Date: 2009-02-06T23:40:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Using a Class (not an instance) into threads

LOL yeah I know this, but what did faster mean in that context? More  
efficient? Less work? Something else?

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On 07/02/2009, at 12:27 AM, Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@aliax.net> wrote:

> 2009/2/6 Julian Leviston <julian@coretech.net.au>:
>> What do you mean by faster? For who?
>
> ------------------------
> class MyClass
>
>    class << self
>        puts "Starting MyClass..."
>        @my_var = 1
>    end
>
>    class << self
>        def hello
>            puts "hello I'm MyClass"
>        end
>    end
>
> end
>
>
> class MyClass2
>
>    def initialize
>        puts "Initializing instance of MyClass2..."
>        @my_var = 1
>    end
>
>    def hello
>        puts "hello I'm instance of MyClass2"
>    end
>
> end
>
> MyClass.hello
> MyClass.hello
>
> MyClass2.new.hello
> MyClass2.new.hello
> ------------------------
>
>
> output:
>
> --------------------
> Starting MyClass...
> hello I'm MyClass
> hello I'm MyClass
> Initializing instance of MyClass2...
> hello I'm instance of MyClass2
> Initializing instance of MyClass2...
> hello I'm instance of MyClass2
> --------------------
>
>
>
> As you see, the MyClass code:
>          puts "Starting MyClass..."
>        @my_var = 1
> is executed *just* at the start of the program, while the code:
>        puts "Initializing instance of MyClass2..."
>        @my_var = 1
> is executed for each MyClass2 initialization (logic of course).
>
>
> Regards.
>
> -- 
> Iñaki Baz Castillo
> <ibc@aliax.net>
>