From: nobu.nokada@...
Date: 2002-10-17T21:11:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Multiple constructors in a .c extension?

Hi,

At Thu, 17 Oct 2002 19:46:45 +0900,
Paul E.C. Melis <paul@floorball.nl> wrote:
> The defined initialize method in the extension actually does nothing, so I
> would rather leave it out. I don't see any reason myself why object
> construction and initialization can't be done completely by the C functions
> implementing new and new_from_file. Is there anything special about the
> "new" singleton method other than that it implicitly calls "initialize"?

You would be surprised when you create a subclass.

-- 
Nobu Nakada