Mixins and initialize/initialize_copy

Ruby
1

Hello,
I have created a mixin module that overwrites initialize and
initialize_copy.
This works fine until a class that uses the mixin wants to overwrite
initialize
and/or initialize_copy, too.

I can replace initialize with lazy accessors. But I don’t know how to
handle
initialize_copy:

The mixin manages some attributes and the initialize_copy method makes
sure
that cloning the object clones the managed attributes.

What would be the best solution to this problem?

Regards,
Rüdiger Sonderfeld [email protected]

2

Anyone who does this kind of thing should always check to see if the
method is already defined and if it is wrap it --NEVER just overwrite
these instrumental methods.

T.

3

Rüdiger Sonderfeld wrote:

What would be the best solution to this problem?

Calling super from the instance methods of your class?