From: Patrick Logan Date: 2001-05-27T01:10:04+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:15767] Re: Ruby Programming Practice "John Kaurin" wrote in message news:WdFP6.85103$V5.14668107@news1.rdc1.mi.home.com... > > But in a general Ruby programming view, where one programmer > is controlling all the files, is it good practice for a superclass to > use a method (or instance variable) defined by a derived class? It's all software, and so there may be a reason for something like this. The answer should probably be made on a case-by-case basis. Is there a specific example you are wrestling with? That may lead to a more interesting discussion. -- Patrick Logan mailto:patrickdlogan@home.com