From: Jamis Buck <jgb3@...>
Date: 2003-12-15T01:22:55+09:00
Subject: Re: inplace assignment

T. Onoma wrote:

>But, I actually did find a better way to do it this morning, by redefining 
>MyClass#new to return a subclass of itself instead. Hmm..I forget, what kind 
>of design pattern is that?
>  
>

Sounds like a factory method to me.   Is there one specifically about 
redefining a constructor to return a subclass?  (Clever application of 
the pattern, BTW.)

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Jamis Buck
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