From: benjohn@...
Date: 2008-07-04T23:47:19+09:00
Subject: Re: initialize and super with parameters

> You want to use
>
> super()
>
> instead of just
>
> super
>
> It is one of the few situations (if not the only) where adding the
> parentheses
> to a method call changes its behavior. In particular, super without
> parentheses calls the method of the base class with all the arguments
> passed
> to the current method; super() instead calls the method of the base class
> without arguments.
>
> Stefano

Note that you can also call the inherited initialize with any other
parameters if you like, such as:

  super(:cactus, :fridge_magnet, Caribu.new, {:args_in=>some_args_i_got})

So it's pretty felxible, really :-)

Cheers,
  Benjohn