From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2009-08-12T15:39:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Which initialize method? (or, who is self?)

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 10:10 PM, Robert
Klemme<shortcutter@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 11.08.2009 21:23, Daniel Waite wrote:

Well analyzed, I did not really get it.

I ask myself if this is not a violation of one of the principles of OO
design?  Base.hexdigest assumes that the implementer of subclasses'
new will do the right thing, that is call super( ) with the right
params  or implement allocate and send :initialize the right way.
This is clearly a superclass relying/imposing subclass behavior, not
what I learnt. Well I do not say it must not be done, but at least it
merits prominent documentation, so that less inspired folks than you
Robert, that is poor OP and me ;), get it too.

Maybe this shows better what I mean
http://pastie.org/580961


Cheers
Robert


-- 
module Kernel
  alias_method :ë, :lambda
end