Editing Method overriding (section)

===Ruby===
In [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]] when a subclass contains a method that overrides a method of the superclass, you can also call the superclass method by calling super in that overridden method.  You can use alias if you would like to keep the overridden method available outside of the overriding method as shown with 'super_message' below.

Example:

<syntaxhighlight lang="ruby">
class Thought
  def message
    puts "I feel like I am diagonally parked in a parallel universe."
  end
end

class Advice < Thought
  alias :super_message :message
  def message
    puts "Warning: Dates in calendar are closer than they appear"
    super
  end
end
</syntaxhighlight>