From: Ezra Zygmuntowicz <ezmobius@...>
Date: 2008-03-21T08:58:51+09:00
Subject: Re: Calling super with no arguments


On Mar 20, 2008, at 4:50 PM, Daniel Finnie wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone know how to invoke super so that it passes no arguments to
> the superclass' method?
>
> For example:
>
> class A
>  def initialize
>    puts "making an A"
>  end
> end
>
> class B < A
>  def initialize var
>    puts "making a #{var} b"
>    super
       super()


	When you call super as a bare word, it passes the args from the  
enclosing method automatically, to force it to pass no args you need  
to use super() .


Cheers-

- Ezra Zygmuntowicz
-- Founder & Software Architect
-- ezra@engineyard.com
-- EngineYard.com