From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2010-08-27T17:14:47+09:00
Subject: Re: Initialise

2010/8/26 Brian Candler <b.candler@pobox.com>:
> class Object
>  alias :old_initialize :initialize
>  def initialize(*args,&blk)
>    if respond_to? :initialise
>      initialise(*args,&blk)
>    else
>      old_initialize(*args,&blk)
>    end
>  end
> end
>
> class Foo
>  def initialize(n)
>    @n = n
>  end
> end
>
> class Bar
>  def initialise(m)
>    @m = m
>  end
> end
>
> p Foo.new(123)
> p Bar.new(456)
>
> You get a warning about redefining initialize, but it seems to work.

What about inheritance especially in light of "super"?  I'm with
Joseph here: better adjust to the programming language and stick with
"initialize".

>> I suppose my only recourse now is to start
>> hacking on the Ruby source and get my patch submitted in time for Ruby
>> 2.0 :)
>
> That will be released some time between perl 6 and hell freezing over
> :-)

Can't be too long though. :-)

Cheers

robert


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