From: Michael Brailsford <brailsmt@...>
Date: 2002-03-30T15:44:37+09:00
Subject: Re: Creating an instance of a class without calling initialize()

> Is there a way to do that in pure Ruby, or, if not, to
> write a C extension that allows me to do it by interacting
> with the VM somehow?

I don't know you would want that, but you can work around it by giving a
blank implementation to the initialize method, then when it is called
nothing will be done to set the initial state of the object.  Unless you
are dead set against calling an intialize method that should succeed in
not setting up any initial state.  Are there any OO languages that allow
you to create an object with calling its constructor?  I know you can't
in java, nor c++ so far as I know.  Seems to me to be a fundamental
tenet of OO programming.  Perhaps a proceudral language would be more
suited to what you want.

-Michael

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