From: Charles Oliver Nutter <charles.nutter@...>
Date: 2007-11-11T18:05:33+09:00
Subject: Re: method names in 1.9

Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In message "Re: method names in 1.9"
>     on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 00:55:48 +0900, "David A. Black" <dblack@rubypal.com> writes:
> 
> |I know that a 1.9 feature-freeze is coming soon, but I just wanted to
> |put in a last-minute plea for some method name changes or removals.
> 
> - send, invoke_method
> 
> #send now invokes any method regardless of visibility (as in 1.8) so
> that the alternative version of "send" (currently named
> 'invoke_method') honors visibility.  I don't think adding "bang" for
> the safer version is a good idea.  Any other idea?

What's the use-case/reason for providing a visibility-honoring send?

- Charlie