From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2007-02-13T15:28:49+09:00
Subject: Re: "super" bug

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007, Larry Edelstein wrote:

> Hi all -
>
> I misused the "super" keyword and I think I should have received an
> error, but didn't.
>
> I tried "super.my_method_name(..)" and got strange results.  OK, fine,
> I'm supposed to say "super(..)" or just "super".  But shouldn't I get a
> compilation error or something?  Is the behavior of
> "super.my_method_name(..)" even defined?

sure it is

   ( the_object_returned = super ).my_method_name( 42 )

'super' in ruby is not an object - it defers to the method of the same name in
the parent class and returns whatever that does.

regards.

-a
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