Method: Class#new

Defined in:

lib/source/ruby.rb

#new ⇒ Object

call-seq:

klass.new(args, ...) -> object

Calls allocate to create a new object of class klass, then invokes that object’s initialize method, passing it args.

class Foo
  def initialize(a,b)
    @a = a
    @b = b
  end

  def values
    "a,b: [%s,%s]" % [@a, @b]
  end
end

foo = Foo.new(1,2)    #=> #<Foo:0x3cc57a>
foo.values            #=> "a,b: [1,2]"

# File 'lib/source/ruby.rb', line 1121

def new
  `var result=this.m$allocate()`
  `this.prototype.m$initialize.apply(result,arguments)`
  return `result`
end