You're correct, that is the default behaviour of super. My intention wasn't to say that super only works like that when you've defined the method like `def foo

You're correct, that is the default behaviour of super. My intention wasn't to say that super only works like that when you've defined the method like `def foo( * )` but rather `def foo( * )` is an alternative to having to name your arguments when you're not even going to use them as they are automatically passed with bare super.