From: Nikolai Weibull <now@...>
Date: 2009-02-23T23:53:26+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:22365] Surprising behavior in inheritance

Am I the only one surprised by this behavior?

class A
  def a
    puts 'A#a'
  end
  protected :a
end

class B < A
  def a
    puts 'B#a'
  end
end

B.new.a # prints B#a

I figured that B#a would be protected too.