Hello,
I am trying to find a way to preserve the same class name without having to cut and paste code from one class to another. How do I do something such as:
test1.rb
Inheritance does it nicely:
class A def initalize puts “Initializing class A” end end
class B < A def initialize super puts “Initalizing class B” end end
Hi Ryan,
I was actually looking at using the same class name. I didn't think it was possible but was wondering. In ruby you can override any method as you wish dynamically. So defining class A twice with two initialize functions will not work because the second defined class of the same name will override the first.
Ryan Bigg wrote:
Not quite override, more like extending.
Re-defining a class in Ruby extends that class, but redefining a method on a class will override that method, like what you’re finding out now.
No, there can only be one class by a given name, and it can't derive from itself.
What is your goal?
///ark
