From: "Jesús Gabriel y Galán" <jgabrielygalan@...>
Date: 2012-03-29T22:36:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Why z = Complex(1,2) rather than z = Complex.new(1,2)?

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Ori Ben-Dor <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> What's this syntax, z = Complex(1,2), as opposed to z =
> Complex.new(1,2)? How do I imitate this behavior in my own classes?

It's a method in Kernel (which is included into Object, and so you can
use it anywhere):

http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9.2/Kernel.html#method-i-Complex

Jesus.