ruby super keyword

Question

From what I understand, super keyword invokes a method with the same name as the current method in the superclass of the current class. Below in the autoload method, there is a call to super. I would like to know in which superclass I would find a method with the same name or what does the call to super do here

module ActiveSupport
  module Autoload
    ...      
    def autoload(const_name, path = @@at_path)
      full = [self.name, @@under_path, const_name.to_s, path].compact.join("::")
      location = path || Inflector.underscore(full)

      if @@eager_autoload
        @@autoloads[const_name] = location
      end
      super const_name, location
    end
   .... 
  end
end

module ActiveRecord
  extend ActiveSupport::Autoload
  ...
  autoload :TestCase
  autoload :TestFixtures, 'active_record/fixtures'
end

This code is from the rails master branch. Thanks much.

Answer 1

The example provided in the Ruby Docs for the super keyword:

module Vehicular
  def move_forward(n)
    @position += n
  end
end

class Vehicle
  include Vehicular  # Adds Vehicular to the lookup path
end

class Car < Vehicle
  def move_forward(n)
    puts "Vrooom!"
    super            # Calls Vehicular#move_forward
  end
end

Inspecting ancestors

puts Car.ancestors.inspect

# Output
# [Car, Vehicle, Vehicular, Object, Kernel, BasicObject]

Note the inclusion of the Vehicular Module object!