TypeError: superclass mismatch for class Word in Ruby

Question

I am creating a Word class and I am getting an error:

TypeError: superclass mismatch for class Word

Here is the

Answer 1

link664 has clearly explained the problem.

However, there's an easier fix without quitting irb (and losing all your other work). You can delete an existing class definition this way.

irb(main):051:0> Object.send(:remove_const, :Word)

and you can verify with:

irb(main):052:0> Word.public_instance_methods

which should return:

NameError: uninitialized constant Word
from (irb):52