Cees de Groot wrote:

>On Wed, 2003-04-16 at 01:03, Richard A. O'Keefe wrote:
>  
>
>>    new
>>        ^self basicNew initialize
>>    initialize
>>        "do nothing"
>>
>>then many classes would not need to define #new at all.
>>
>>    
>>
>Exactly my idea. The only counter argument so far seems to be
>performance - the extra 'dummy' message send to 'initialize' on instance
>creation for *every* object, which is assumed to be expensive but
>appears to be acceptably cheap. 
>
>Personally, I would vote pro this cleanup. If people find a case where
>they don't want it (for performance reasons or whatever), they're free
>to override this sensible default.
>

It sounds to me like a sensible thing to do.  The only thing I'd like to 
see is some measurements of the performance impact (after all, objects 
are creeated at a furious pace).  Then, if the performance impact is 
measurable, figure out a way to optimize it to regain speed so that it 
is never necessary for someone to override the default just for the sake 
of performance.

- Stephen