From: Morton Goldberg <m_goldberg@...>
Date: 2006-08-24T01:37:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Call functions of superclass

To satisfy your curiosity,

<code>
#! /usr/bin/ruby -w

class Parent

    def something
    	puts "Parent something"
    end

    def another
       puts "Parent another"
    end

end

class Child < Parent

    def something
       puts "Child something"
    	super.another
    end

    def another
    	puts "Child another"
    end

end

Child.new.something
</code>

<result>
Child something
Parent something
/Users/mg/Desktop/test.rb:19:in `something': undefined method  
`another' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)
	from /Users/mg/Desktop/test.rb:28
</result>

 From which I conclude that 'super.another' is parsed as 'super  
nil.another'

Regards, Morton

On Aug 23, 2006, at 11:44 AM, Julian 'Julik' Tarkhanov wrote:

> class Parent
>    def something
>    end
>
>    def another
>    	# do foo
>    end
> end
>
> class Child < Parent
>    def something
>    	super.another # call _another_ instance method BUT of the  
> superclass, not one's own
>    end
>
>    def another
>    	# do bar instead of foo
>    end
> end