From: Nat Pryce <nat.pryce@...13media.com>
Date: 2002-11-22T19:55:08+09:00
Subject: Re: [FAQ] Multiple constructors?

On Fri, 2002-11-22 at 10:17, Martin DeMello wrote:
> Nat Pryce <nat.pryce@b13media.com> wrote:
> > If you want to have different constructors for different argument types,
> > define different constructors on your class.  Your code will then be
> > both more flexible and more readable.   E.g. If you had a class that
> > could be created with either a String and a Regexp you would define
> > constructors new_from_string(a_string) and new_from_regexp(a_regexp). 
> 
> This won't let me do something like 
> 
> my_objs = input_objs.map {|i| MyClass.new(i)}

That's true but how often does one put arbitrary objects into a
collection and then use them to create something?  And if you do, you
can easily put different types of objects into different collections.

Cheers,
	Nat.
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Nat Pryce <nat.pryce@b13media.com>
B13media