From: Richard Lionheart <NoOne@...>
Date: 2004-04-25T02:59:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Great answers!  A few more questions

Hi Mark,

Okay,  following your advice, I got this working perfectly:

class MyArrayType3 < Array
    def to_s
        join ';  '
    end
    def initalize(aIn)
        self.concat! aIn
    end
end

a3 = %w[x3      y3]
myA3 = MyArrayType3[a3]
puts myA3.to_s  # ==> x3;  y3

In testing it,  I had puts statements in both methods and found that
MyArrayType3#intialize is never called in this invocation.

That's consistent with what you told me:  MyArrayType3.new would invoke
initialize.

That begs the question:  In what circumstance would MyArrayType3#intialize
be invoked.

I apologize for the several typos I had in my previous attempt(s).  Thanks
for your excellent explanations.  They're much appreciated.

Regards,
Richard

P.S.  I mistakenly replied to you directly rather than posting back on this
thread.  Please excuse me.


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