From: Surendra Singhi <efuzzyone@...>
Date: 2006-09-13T20:04:28+09:00
Subject: Re: inheritance and super function

"Sander Land" <sander.land@gmail.com> writes:

> On 9/12/06, Surendra Singhi <efuzzyone@netscape.net> wrote:
>> Now, in the function test in Class C, I want to call the test method defined
>> in class A, by passing B's test method.
>>
>> How can I do this, just using plain 'super' doesn't work? Is it possible to do
>> this?
>
> Use instance_method and bind.
>
> module Kernel
>  def super_n(n=1)
>    self.class.ancestors[n].instance_method(caller.first[/`(.*)'/][1..-2]).bind(self).call
>  end
> end
>

Super cool, thanks a lot.

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