From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Date: 2002-04-24T04:23:39+09:00
Subject: Re: building extensions-- new vs initialize

Hi,

In message "Re: building extensions-- new vs initialize"
    on 02/04/23, Paul Brannan <pbrannan@atdesk.com> writes:

|On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 05:51:32PM +0900, nobu.nokada@softhome.net wrote:
|> In general, redefinition of "new" will be deprecated in 1.8.
|
|Does this apply to Ruby code or just to extensions?

Both.  Redefinition of "new" is not encouraged even in 1.6.

|Will redefinition of "new" still work, or will I just get a warning
|message?

They still work.  But I do recommend to follow the guideline once 1.8
is released.

							matz.