From: Tim Hunter <cyclists@...>
Date: 2002-12-02T09:05:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Validation during object creation

Throw the appropriate exception. I don't think new can return anything
except the new object.

On Mon, 02 Dec 2002 06:33:11 +0900, Roman Rytov wrote:

> I'm a newcommer to Ruby and I haven't read completely the book yet, so
> excuse me for a very basic question.
> 
> What's the way to signal to a NEW()'s caller that an object can't be
> created? To return NIL? To throw an exception?
> 
> 
> Roman