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From: bwk@mbunix.mitre.org (Kort)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk
Subject: Re: super super ?
Summary: Just give it a unique name.
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Date: 3 Dec 89 20:45:39 GMT
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Reply-To: bwk@mbunix.mitre.org (Barry Kort)
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In article <2160@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP> sharp@ksi.cpsc.ucalgary.ca
(Maurice Sharp) writes:

 >      Does anyone know the solution to the following problem.  Assume
 > that there are 3 classes each of which implements a message called
 > foo.  Call the classes Class1, Class2 and Class3, where each is a
 > subclass of the other, i.e. :
  
 >    Object
 >       Class1
 >          Class2
 >            Class3
  
 
 >      The message 'foo' is defined in all three classes.  Let us say
 > that Class1 defines it as follows ;
  
 > 	foo
 > 	  Transcript cr; show: 'Class1'; cr
  
 >      Class2 defines foo as :
  
 > 	foo
 > 	  Transcript cr; show: 'Class2'; cr.
 > 	  super foo
  
 > THE PROBLEM :
  
 >      I want Class3 to call the foo of Class1 NOT Class2.  Is there a
 > way to do this ?

Write a class method for Class1 called foo as follows:

	foo
		self new foo.

Then call "Class1 foo" directly.  Simple, no?

--Barry Kort