From: ts Date: 2006-08-24T01:43:26+09:00 Subject: Re: Call functions of superclass >>>>> "M" == Morton Goldberg writes: M> From which I conclude that 'super.another' is parsed as 'super M> nil.another' No, not really super call Parent#something which return nil (the result of #puts) ruby use the result of super (i.e. nil) to call #another because nil don't respond to #another, it give an error Guy Decoux