From: Chris Shea <cmshea@...>
Date: 2008-07-28T13:09:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Is it possible to change the superclass of one class dynamic

On Jul 27, 9:47 pm, Sean Liu <seanli...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I want to change the super class of one class in one of plugins, for
> example,
> in plugin
> class A < B
>
> end
> in rails initialization configuration file,
> class A < C
>
> end
>
> but when i did this, the error: "TypeError: superclass mismatch"
> appreared.
>
> So can we change the super class of one class dynamically?
>
> Thanks.
> --
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.

No.  That is not possible.  It is, however, possible to include (and
extend) modules into a class to change its method and constant lookup
hierarchy.

What is it you're actually trying to accomplish by changing the
superclass?

Chris