From: Brian Candler <B.Candler@...>
Date: 2003-07-30T16:34:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Passing a method block to a parent class

On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 11:09:47AM +0900, Mark J. Reed wrote:
> If you declare a method thus:
> 
> 	def method2 (argument, &block)
> 	end
> 
> Then any block associated with a call to the method will be turned into
> a Proc object and assigned to the &-marked parameter (which must be last
> in the list).  Like *, this works both ways; if you pass a Proc as the
> last parameter of a method call and put a & in front of it, the called
> method sees it as a block.  
> 
> So this should do what you want:
> 
>     class B < A
> 	def method1( argument, &block )
> 	    puts argument
> 	    super.method1( argument, &block )
> 	end
>     end

Or more likely:

    class B < A
      def method1( argument, &block )
        puts argument
        super( argument, &block )
      end
    end

Regards,

Brian.