From: zdennis <zdennis@...>
Date: 2007-01-25T14:47:07+09:00
Subject: Re: new method dispatch rule (matz' proposal)

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Evan Phoenix wrote:
> The more this discussion goes on, the more I worry that Joe Q Public
> programmer isn't going to be able to properly grasp these new rules.
> 
> Everyone here is pretty much the creme de la creme of ruby core
> developers and we're all still having troubles get our minds around it
> (or at least I am).
> 
> Let me propose a change to the rules that might help clean them up.
> Change rules 3 and 4 to be one rule that reads:
> 
> "If functional style calling is used, say foo(1), foo is looked up first
> in the method table of the defining class as a private method. If it is
> not found, normal dispatch occurs."
> 
> This change means that no extended lookup is performed to find private
> methods, only the module that defined the current method is looked for
> the new method. 
> This means that no subclasses can call superclass
> private methods, but really thats ok. A subclass probably shouldn't be
> digging in and calling the private methods of it's superclass anyway,
> the method isn't very private then.

This is similar to how Java treats private methods.

Would this implementation  break Object#send when trying to access those
private methods?


Zach
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