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From: becher@argosy.UUCP (Jonathan D. Becher)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk
Subject: Re: need explanation of 'super class'
Keywords: super, class, meaning
Message-ID: <182@argosy.UUCP>
Date: 17 Jul 89 18:13:54 GMT
Sender: news@argosy.UUCP
Organization: we donna need no steekin' organeezation
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In article <180@argosy.UUCP>, I write:
> Suppose I have two classes, Building and Shack, where Shack is derived from
> Building. Both Building and Shack have class methods called size.

...

> 	Shack methodsFor: 'test'
> 	tester
> 		Transcript print: self class size.	"prints 5"
> 		Transcript print: super class size.	"prints 5 also"
> 
> Why does the second one print 5 and not 10?

Whoops! I was making (as the Blue book describes it) the classic mistake in
understanding super.  Things work fine if I change the second Transcript
line to:
		Transcript print: self superclass size.

Jon Becher			argosy!becher@decwrl.dec.com
"It takes a big man to admit his mistakes.  I'm not a big man."