Hi,
after going through my code, I've noticed that I had forgotten to change
the path to the pickle I was using to load the class and consequently, the
older version I was using to create my instances didn't have the new method
defined.
Sorry for the trouble.
2012/6/14 Khadija EL MAHRSI <khadija.elmah...@gmail.com>
> Yes I've noticed this and I've tried creating another method and called it
> instead of init but got an error along the lines of method not defined even
> though I made sure over and over that I wrote the method properly. However,
> after seeing your reply, maybe I should take another look at my code, maybe
> I missed something.
>
>
> 2012/6/14 Jorge Marques Pelizzoni <jorge.pelizz...@gmail.com>
>
>> Khadija,
>>
>> You might have not noticed but there is no such thing as constructor
>> methods proper in Oz. The language only requires that you should
>> specify some method (with arguments) to be called upon creation of an
>> object. That is the whole point of the second argument to New, and it
>> can be virtually any method of your choice. So you can create as many
>> constructors as you see fit. For example (please pardon my Oz. It's
>> ages since I last wrote Oz programs):
>>
>> class C
>> attr someattr
>> meth init1
>> someattr := unit;
>> end
>> meth init2(V)
>> someattr := {NewCell V}
>> end
>> meth get($)
>> @someattr
>> end
>> end
>>
>> C1 = {New C init1}
>> C2 = {New C init2(10)}
>>
>> EVEN:
>>
>> C3 = {New C get(_)}
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jorge.
>>
>> 2012/6/14 Khadija EL MAHRSI <khadija.elmah...@gmail.com>:
>> > Hi,
>> > what you said is close to what I meant: a way to create instances of a
>> same
>> > class that don't necessarily share the same number of passed arguments
>> to
>> > the init method (and eventually respond differently to the passed
>> > arguments).
>> > I've also thought about some of the solutions you've listed but to be
>> honest
>> > I thought it would be such a hassle when it could've been made alot
>> easier
>> > by allowing something close to multiple constructors where you could
>> have
>> > different initialization methods to call according to your need.
>> > Thanks for the reply. I just wanted to make sure I had no other choice
>> > before resorting to other solutions.
>>
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