From: Adam Prescott <adam@...>
Date: 2012-03-23T09:34:19+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:43564] Re: [ruby-trunk - Feature #3908] private constant

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On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 23:46, trans (Thomas Sawyer) <transfire@gmail.com>wrote:

> But codifying that, rather than just documenting it, is bound to be more
> frustrating than useful.


Isn't that the point of trying to crack open an implementation detail to
rely on? It should be difficult if it's just a detail that can change at
any moment. It's not really different from having private methods. If you
really want to get at them, you still can.

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On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 23:46, trans (Thomas Sawyer) <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;=
<a href=3D"mailto:transfire@gmail.com">transfire@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> w=
rote:<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

But codifying that, rather than just documenting it, is bound to be more fr=
ustrating than useful.</blockquote></div><br><div>Isn&#39;t that the point =
of trying to crack open an implementation detail to rely on? It should be d=
ifficult if it&#39;s just a detail that can change at any moment. It&#39;s =
not really different from having private methods. If you really want to get=
 at them, you still can.</div>


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