From: gga <GGarramuno@...>
Date: 2005-04-07T11:44:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Weekly News 28th March - 3rd April 2005

I missed this, but for whatever it's worth, I think this is a terrible
idea, as it will break tons of code.
If a feature such as this is added, it should be done the opposite way.

class C
def process
self.util  # calls C's util even if overriden
util         # calls subclass util, if present
end
end

albeit I would strongly advocate for a new keyword instead of using
"self".

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   It said that Matz brought up the idea for changing the way method
search
   occurs. David A. Black clarified the comments with an example:

 class C
   def process
     util        # will always call C#util, even if overridden
     self.util   # will call subclass's #util, if present
   end

   def util
   end
 end
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