From: Stefano Crocco <stefano.crocco@...>
Date: 2008-01-19T03:21:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Parent class cannot call child class method

Alle Friday 18 January 2008, Ed Hames ha scritto:
> Hi guys,
>
> I have the following design which is not working as I would like it
> to:
>
> class A
>   def bar
>     raise "Base class can't do bar!"
>   end
>
>   def foo
>     bar
>   end
> end
>
> class B < A
>   def bar
>     puts "B doing bar"
>   end
>
>   def foo
>     puts "B does this first"
>     super
>   end
> end
>
> If I do B.new.foo I get an exception because Base class can't do bar
> which is understandable. However, I want B#bar to be called. What
> would be the proper way to solve this problem?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Edgardo

It works for me. Are you sure this is the exact code you're running?

Stefano