initialize + super

Here's a word of caution to those using inheritance and calling super in the initialize method. Consider this:

def initialize(name, price)
super
@name = name
@price = price
end

Which parent method does it call? I was surprised to find out that without () after super, it automatically calls the initialize in the parent that has the parameters (name, price), rather than the one without parameters. If your intention was to call the parent's initialize without parameters, than you must do:

super()


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