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.


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