From: Tom Sawyer <transami@...>
Date: 2003-01-06T08:07:41+09:00
Subject: should super's position be kept irrelevant?

this is really just a question of taste i think, but i'm wondering if you 
think super's position should be kept irrelevant? in the example below the 
puts @avar will return nil. super has to be placed below @avar = 1 for it to 
return 1.

	class Sup
		def initialize
			puts @avar
		end
	end

	class Chi < Sup
		def initialize
			super     # will puts nil
			@avar = 1
			# super  # would puts 1
		end
	end

the other option to make it irrelevent is:

	class Sup
		def initialize
		end
		def go
			puts @avar
		end
	end

	class Chi < Sup
		def initialize
			super
			@avar = 1
			go
		end
	end

of course, now go's position is important, but not super's. which is 
preferrable?

-transami