From: "Christopher J. Bottaro" Date: 2007-09-27T09:16:54+09:00 Subject: calling instance method defined in a parent class ?? How do I do that? Consider the following class definitions: class Foo def a puts "Foo" end end class Bar < Foo def a puts "Bar" end def b parent.a # I want to call Foo#a here for this instance of Bar. end end Bar.new.b # => "Foo" Thanks for the help.