On Tuesday, January 21, 2003, 1:52:10 AM, Michael wrote: > Gavin Sinclair (in "Comments on matrix.rb") wrote: >> Matrix: >> - initialize should be protected/private > It already is: > [...] > I believe the 'initialize' method of any class is private by default: > [...] You're quite right, and Matrix sensibly has "private_class_method :new" so that issue is scrapped. Gavin