From: Adam Prescott <mentionuse@...>
Date: 2011-03-05T03:42:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Removing methods from an inherited class

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On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 6:14 PM, I=C3=B1aki Baz Castillo <ibc@aliax.net> wro=
te:

> Hi, if class A contains method "hello" and class B inherits from A, is
> it possible to remove method "hello" in the definition of class B?
> Maybe a workaround could be making "hello" method private in class B.
>
> NOTE: I do know that I can override "hello" method (something as "def
> hello; nil; end") but I don't want it.
>

Are you looking to do this to make it use A#hello instead of B#hello ? If
so, you might consider using `super`. That aside, you can look at
Kernel#undef_method and Kernel#remove_method (the two have different
semantics).

http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Module.html#M000446

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