ruby - When monkey patching a method, can you call the overridden method from the new implementation? - Stack OverflowEDIT: It has been 9 years since I originally wrote this answer, and it deserves some cosmetic surgery to keep it current. You can see the last version before the edit here. You can’t call the overwritten method by name or keyword. That’s one of the many reasons why monkey patching should be avoided and inheritance be preferred instead, since obviously you can call the overridden method. Avoiding M
