From: Gennady <gfb@...>
Date: 2004-01-15T08:00:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Why initialize?

Ralph Mason wrote:
> One thing I have often wondered is why the ruby constructor isn't called 
> new?
> 
> In my laziness I would rather type  new than initialize.
> 
> It seems clearer than initialize, and appears to work just fine.  
> Perhaps both could be supported?
> 
> What thoughts?
> Ralph
> 
> 
> 
> class Foo
>    def new
>        puts "Foo.new"
>    end
>    def Foo.new
>        x=super
>        x.new
>        x
>    end
>      def bar
>        puts "Foo:bar"
>    end
> end
> 
> Foo.new().bar
> 
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Gennady.