From: Charles Oliver Nutter <charles.nutter@...>
Date: 2007-07-10T00:27:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Bug in Kernel#method objects that call super?

Charles Oliver Nutter wrote:
> The biggest problem, in my opinion, is that in order for there to be a 
> dynamic super you'd have to both alias *and* use method() on the alias. 
> That's cumbersome, and getting a dynamic super out of that sure feels 
> more like an ugly side effect than anything intentional. If it should be 
> dynamic, it should have an easier mechanism and be explicit.

And if you want a dynamic super...you're probably better off explicitly 
redefining the superclass's method anyway. Relying on this side-effect 
can only make code more confusing for people that expect super dispatch 
to work the same as it does through direct calls and aliased calls.

- Charlie