On 10/31/06, ara.t.howard@[...].gov <ara.t.howard@[...].gov>  wrote:
> 
>  On Tue, 31 Oct 2006, Rune Hammersland wrote:
> 
>  > Hello dear Rubyists.
>  >
>  > It was suggested on the IRC channel that I try the ML for this problem
>  ...
>  >
>  > While looking at how to undefine a method, I found out that there is a
>  > difference in how define_method and the def ... end block works. Example
>  > coming up:
> 
>  <snip>
> 
>  > # Try to redefine method and call super.
>  > class Child < Parent
> 
>  you are not redefining the method here, you are redefining the class.
>  [...]
> 

Ara I am afraid that is not so :(, run this e.g.

class Parent
end

class Child < Parent
    puts self.object_id
    def one; puts "one" end
end
class Child < Parent
    puts self.object_id
end
Child.new.one

    <Ara's version of code snipped> 
>       harp:~ > ruby a.rb
>       LOL: superclass method `lol' disabled


It does the same as OP's code, I really feel this is strange.
Rune, on philiosophical grounds, I prefer the second behavior the super
method being available again, can you elaborate on why you prefer the first?

Cheers
Robert



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