[ruby-core:69844] [Ruby trunk - Feature #11325] [Rejected] Block is passed to initializer implicitly even when I asked not to.

Issue #11325 has been updated by Marc-Andre Lafortune.

Status changed from Open to Rejected

It may be surprising to you, but this is by design.

You have to explicitly pass an empty block when using `super`:

    super(&nil)

There's also no way to change this even if we wanted to because of incompatibilities.

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Feature #11325: Block is passed to initializer implicitly even when I asked not to.
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/11325#change-53243

* Author: Andrew Kozin
* Status: Rejected
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
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This works as expected:

~~~ruby
class Foo
  attr_reader :block

  def initialize(&block)
    @block = block
  end
end

foo = Foo.new { :foo }
foo.block.nil?
# => false
~~~

But then I'm trying to stop passing a block to the superclass' initializer and cannot do this:

~~~ruby
class Bar < Foo
  def initialize(&block)
    block = nil # added it, however this shouldn't be necessary
    yield       # nor this one
    super()     # explicitly asked not to pass the block
  end
end

bar = Bar.new { :foo }
bar.block.nil?
# => false (expected true)
~~~

Adding an empty block is not the solution, because what is really needed is **stop passing a block**.



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