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calling a super method from an sub class instance

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Jon over at smartbrother.org notes some unusual behavior when calling a super classes method from a subclass instance. In essence, he creates an infinite loop. Well, that’s not exactly true it’s finite to the size of his stack.

The lesson here is, be careful when calling a super classes method from a subclass.