Ask HN: What does this ruby snippet print and why?

  class Base
    def something
      puts "called something base"
      return {a: 1, b: 2}
    end
  end

  class Extended < Base
    def some_method
      puts "something is {a: 1, b: 2}:"
      puts something.inspect
      if false
        puts "doesn't get executed"
        something = {}
      else
        puts "something is now nil:"
        puts something.inspect
      end
    end
  end

  e = Extended.new
  e.some_method