On Sat, 19 May 2001 14:10:38 -0700 "Andrew P. Black" <black at cse.ogi.edu> wrote:
>It is ALWAYS possible to avoid super calls ENTIRELY.   The example that sends
>
>	self basicNew
>
>rather than
>
>	super new
>
>illustrates the technique.  If you would like to call super foo, just 
>add a new method to the superclass,  say basicFoo, with body "self 
>foo".   Then the subclass can call self basicFoo.

Andrew,

If I am reading this right, it doesn't work and, likely, never did.

Cheers,
Bob

'From Squeak2.8 of 13 June 2000 [latest update: #2360] on 19 May 2001 at 6:11:11 pm'!
"Change Set:		superTest
Date:			19 May 2001
Author:			Bob Arning

open a transcript and evaluate

MySub new test

"!

Object subclass: #MySuper
	instanceVariableNames: ''
	classVariableNames: ''
	poolDictionaries: ''
	category: 'Kernel-Objects'!
MySuper subclass: #MySub
	instanceVariableNames: ''
	classVariableNames: ''
	poolDictionaries: ''
	category: 'Kernel-Objects'!

!MySuper methodsFor: 'as yet unclassified' stamp: 'RAA 5/19/2001 18:09'!
basicFoo

	Transcript show: 'MySuper>>basicFoo'; cr.
	self foo.! !

!MySuper methodsFor: 'as yet unclassified' stamp: 'RAA 5/19/2001 18:09'!
foo

	Transcript show: 'MySuper>>foo'; cr.! !


!MySub methodsFor: 'as yet unclassified' stamp: 'RAA 5/19/2001 18:09'!
foo

	Transcript show: 'MySub>>foo'; cr.! !

!MySub methodsFor: 'as yet unclassified' stamp: 'RAA 5/19/2001 18:10'!
test
"
MySub new test
"
	Transcript show: 'MySub>>test'; cr.
	self basicFoo.
! !