From: Adelle Hartley <adelle@...>
Date: 2005-03-25T10:46:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Instead of templates

Robert Klemme wrote:
> You cannot use super here, because super refers to the 
> superclass of the class instance.  All class instances have 
> the same super class hierarchy:
> 
> >> String.class.ancestors
> => [Class, Module, Object, Kernel]
> >> Fixnum.class.ancestors
> => [Class, Module, Object, Kernel]
> 
> You need Class#superclass:
> 
> > class MyBase
> >   def self.do_my_thing(klass=self)
> >     p '-----'
> >   end
> > end
> >
> > module Extension
> >   def inherited(cl)
> >     cl.extend Extension
> >   end
> >
> >   def do_my_thing(klass=self)
> >     p klass
> 
>     superclass.do_my_thing
> 
> >   end
> > end
> >
<snip>
> 
> And, btw, you don't need the class argument.  You can print 
> self instead.
> 

Fantastisch!!  You have not only shown me how to do what I want but also how
to do it in a truly elegant way.

Adelle.