From: Juergen Katins <katins.juergen@...>
Date: 2002-06-20T16:47:46+09:00
Subject: Re: can super call a method multiple classes higher in the hierarchy?


"Ian Macdonald" <ian@caliban.org> schrieb :
> Am I right in thinking that if I call super from method foo in class
> Bar, it does not matter that no identically named method is defined in
> Bar's parent class, just as long as an identically named method _is_
> defined in the grandparent or an even further removed ancestor class
> of Bar?
>
> It seems to work that way, but I don't remember reading that
> explicitly in the pickaxe book.

Look at the paragraph atop of  this link:
http://home.vr-web.de/juergen.katins/ruby/book/tut_classes.html#Message!send
ing saying:
"The answer has to do with the way Ruby determines which method should be
called when ..."
A similar problem is described there.

Juergen Katins