Calling super's super method

Question

Is is possible to do something like super.super in the overriden method? That is, to bypass the direct parent's super and call "grandparent's" super?

Answer 1

This is not recommended, but what you want is possible like this:

grandparent = self.class.superclass.superclass
meth = grandparent.instance_method(:the_method)
meth.bind(self).call

This works by first getting the grandparent class, then calling instance_method on it to get an UnboundMethod representing the grandparent's version of the_method. It then uses UnboundMethod#bind and Method#call to call the grandparent's method on the current object.