From: Kristof Bastiaensen <kristof@...>
Date: 2004-05-03T21:04:03+09:00
Subject: Re: The code I forgot to include

Hi,

On Mon, 03 May 2004 20:23:39 +0900, Jean-Hugues ROBERT wrote:
> So I tried:
> class MyArray < Array
>    def self.[](*a); super[*a] end
> end
> x = MyArray[1,2,3] # => NoMethodError: super: no superclass method '[]'
> 
> I don't understand what is happening because obviously Array.[]()
> exists. In fact it is the only class method defined by Array:
> Array.methods( false)   # nota: false to avoid inherited methods, not in my 
> Pickaxe
> MyArray.methods( false) # => ["[]"] in both cases.

Perhaps that's because super works only as a method (not as
an object).
Try this:

class MyArray < Array
   def self.[](*a); super(*a) end
end

Kristof