rexxref.pdf states the following in "4.2.9. Initialization":
4.2.9. Initialization
Any object requiring initialization at creation time must define an INIT
method. If this method
is defined, the class object runs the INIT method after the object is
created. If an object has
more than one INIT method (for example, it is defined in several classes),
each INIT method must
forward the INIT message up the hierarchy to complete the object's
initialization.
The Object's NEW class method (and some other classes) adhere to this protocol, but others like
Array's NEW class method does not.
The question is, how to asses this? Is this an error in the implementation of e.g. the Array NEW
class method, that it does not send an INIT message to the newly created array object? And if it is
an error, should all arguments given to the NEW message be forwarded to the INIT method, or should
those argument that the NEW method uses be regarded to be consumed and not forwarded to the newly
created object? In the latter case this would have to be documented as well.
So, what is the take on this?
---rony
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