From: Eero Saynatkari <ruby-ml@...>
Date: 2009-02-24T00:03:55+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:22368] Re: Surprising behavior in inheritance

Excerpts from Nikolai Weibull's message of Mon Feb 23 16:53:26 +0200 2009:
> 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.

You overrode the inherited method with a public one. Seems correct?


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