From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2009-02-23T23:58:57+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:22366] Re: Surprising behavior in inheritance

Hi --

Nikolai Weibull wrote:
> 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.

I'm not surprised by it. I figure access level is per method per class, 
not per method per hierarchy, so your example is what I'd expect.


David

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