The initialize method on the class side will be called only when *the class* is initialised. You are thinking of the instance-side initialize method which is called each time you create an instance.
On 9/29/08, Mark Volkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sep 28, 2008, at 11:32 PM, K. K. Subramaniam wrote: > > On Sunday 28 Sep 2008 7:26:43 pm Mark Volkmann wrote: >> >>> I think my main issue is scoping. I want to define a constant that is >>> associated with a class to avoid name conflicts. >>> >> See classes Color, Cursor or Float for examples of scoped constants: >> Color red >> Cursor wait >> Float pi >> >> For constants that should be exposed to a few (but not all) classes, use >> pool >> dictionaries. >> > > Thanks! This brings up another question. Where is a good place to > initialize a constant? I see in the case of "Float pi" that it is held in a > class variable that is initialized in the initialize method. Isn't it the > case that the initialize method is only called if a Float object is created? > Also, isn't it called every time a Float object is created? It seems that > would mean if I followed that pattern for one of my own constants then I > wouldn't be sure it was set and I'd pay the cost of setting it many times. > > --- > Mark Volkmann > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Beginners mailing list > Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org > http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners >
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