On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 8:22 AM, webwarrior <r...@webwarrior.ws> wrote:
> As class is just an object in Smalltalk, it would be reasonable to believe > that #initialize message is always sent to class on creation. > > However, that's not true. It is only sent to classes that redefine > #initialize. Also sending super initialize may lead to problems. > > Ohhh yes. There is always a time for every Smalltalkers where you discover that doing super for class side initialize is not a good idea. Here was my time: http://forum.world.st/super-initialize-is-not-a-good-idea-for-Behaviors-td3086162.html > None of these is mentioned in documentation (I assume Pahro By Example is > the official one). It only says that #initialize is sent when class is > loaded into memory. > > I think either this behavior should be made more consistent, or excplicitly > mentioned in the docs. > +1 to the documentation > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://forum.world.st/Unintuitive-behavior-of-class-side-initialize-tp4775042.html > Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > -- Mariano http://marianopeck.wordpress.com
