From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2007-01-24T15:25:57+09:00
Subject: Re: new method dispatch rule (matz' proposal)

Hi,

In message "Re: new method dispatch rule (matz' proposal)"
    on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:02:16 +0900, Daniel DeLorme <dan-ml@dan42.com> writes:

|Then I have one last question:
|
|  class MessageQueue
|    def msg; @queue.first; end
|    def wait; while msg.nil?;end; end
|  end
|  module Kernel
|    private
|    def msg(x); warn x; end
|  end
|
|In this case, I believe MessageQueue#wait will invoke the Kernel#msg
|utility "function" (because private methods are looked up first) rather
|than the intended MessageQueue#msg. Doesn't that defeat the goal stated
|above?

This is very rare case that 

  * the target class override the private method by public method
  * and there's a functional call of that method

I think it should be warned, or maybe cause error.

							matz.