From: gotoken@... (GOTO Kentaro)
Date: 2001-01-22T10:42:38+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:9693] Re: new and initialize -

In message "[ruby-talk:9688] new and initialize -"
    on 01/01/22, "g forever" <g24ever@hotmail.com> writes:
>I am not suggesting a change but I am curious why languages including Ruby 
>do not use new as a class method

Simple reason: there isn't an instance before that is created by `new'. 

>e.g.
>class Test
>etc.
>def new(x)
>@z= x;
>end
>
>etc.
>end
>
>mytest= Test.new
>
>
>instead of 'initalize'
>
>Is there some fundamental reason why the latter is the way to do it.

As you wrote, `new' is sent to Test class (Test.new), but not Test
object (aTest.new). 

Btw, every Ruby's method invocation can be written by send like, 

   reciever.send(symbol, *args)

e.g.,

   t = Test.send(:new, "foo")
   t.send(:z)

-- Gotoken