Method: Class#superclass

Defined in:
object.c

#superclass ⇒ nil

Returns the superclass of class, or nil.

File.superclass          #=> IO
IO.superclass            #=> Object
Object.superclass        #=> BasicObject
class Foo; end
class Bar < Foo; end
Bar.superclass           #=> Foo

Returns nil when the given class does not have a parent class:

BasicObject.superclass   #=> nil

Returns:

  • (nil) 


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# File 'object.c', line 2229

VALUE
rb_class_superclass(VALUE klass)
{
    RUBY_ASSERT(RB_TYPE_P(klass, T_CLASS));

    VALUE super = RCLASS_SUPER(klass);

    if (!super) {
        if (klass == rb_cBasicObject) return Qnil;
        rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "uninitialized class");
    }

    if (!RCLASS_SUPERCLASS_DEPTH(klass)) {
        return Qnil;
    }
    else {
        super = RCLASS_SUPERCLASSES(klass)[RCLASS_SUPERCLASS_DEPTH(klass) - 1];
        RUBY_ASSERT(RB_TYPE_P(klass, T_CLASS));
        return super;
    }
}