"trans. (T. Onoma)" <transami / runbox.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:200409290747.51120.transami / runbox.com... > On Wednesday 29 September 2004 05:19 am, Robert Klemme wrote: > > I prefer #new because it emphasizes the factoryness of a Class instance. > > Class() doesn't help you in cases like these: > > > > class SomeFactory > > def initialize(cl) > > @cl = cl > > end > > > > def create() @cl.new end > > def discard(obj) end > > end > > I don't follow. Help you do what? It would still instantiate the factory. But you can't do def create() @cl() end That's the whole point of my post. robert