From: "trans (Thomas Sawyer)" Date: 2012-09-19T23:47:47+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:47596] [ruby-trunk - Feature #7019] allow `private` and `protected` keywords to take blocks Issue #7019 has been updated by trans (Thomas Sawyer). Would need to accept array of those too (whether its a method or symbol) for things like: private attr_accessor :foo ---------------------------------------- Feature #7019: allow `private` and `protected` keywords to take blocks https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/7019#change-29536 Author: alexeymuranov (Alexey Muranov) Status: Open Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: core Target version: 2.0.0 =begin I like to indent my private methods one level deeper, but this indentation is inconsistent with the syntax: class C def f # end private def g # end end I think it would be nice if the (({private})) keyword could take a block, then i would write: class C def f # end private do def g # end end end =end -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/