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instance method

Class#allocate

class.allocate() → obj

static VALUE
rb_class_alloc_m(VALUE klass)
{
    rb_alloc_func_t allocator = class_get_alloc_func(klass);
    if (!rb_obj_respond_to(klass, rb_intern("allocate"), 1)) {
        rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "calling %"PRIsVALUE".allocate is prohibited",
                 klass);
    }
    return class_call_alloc_func(allocator, klass);
}

Allocates space for a new object of class’s class and does not call initialize on the new instance. The returned object must be an instance of class.

Example

klass = Class.new do
  def initialize(*args)
    @initialized = true
  end

  def initialized?
    @initialized || false
  end
end

klass.allocate.initialized? #=> false

See also .new #inherited #json_creatable? also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1

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