From the OP: I agree with you guys (or gals) on both calling super and redefining respond_to?(). Those are two of the "caveats" I mentioned at the end of the or

From the OP: I agree with you guys (or gals) on both calling super and redefining respond_to?(). Those are two of the "caveats" I mentioned at the end of the original post. I considered mentioning them explicitly, but the post is long enough already.