From: Zachary Scott Date: 2014-07-01T06:04:35+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:63464] Re: Access Modifiers (Internal Interfaces) Ehh, sorry I must have missed #9992 On Jun 30, 2014, at 11:03 PM, Zachary Scott wrote: > I would suggest opening a feature request if you feel strongly about adding `internal` to Ruby. > > See also: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/projects/ruby/wiki/HowToRequestFeatures > > > On Jun 28, 2014, at 11:17 AM, Daniel da Silva Ferreira wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I���m would like to discuss with you the concept of Internal Interfaces. >> >> Currently ruby offers three access modifiers choices to set methods visibility: >> - public >> - protected >> - private >> >> Public methods define what we may call the Public Interface. >> Private methods are private to the class and its subclasses. >> Protected methods are public for the subclasses. >> >> I would like to work with a new access modifier that would allow the creation of Internal methods. >> >> Internal methods would be object methods that could only be called within the namespace. >> >> Ex: module Foo; end >> >> class Foo::Bar >> def baz >> puts ���baz��� >> end >> internal :baz >> end >> >> class Foo::Qux >> def baz >> ::Foo::Bar.new.baz >> end >> end >> >> Is this something that we can think about in a future implementation of ruby? >> An extra feature that would not break backward compatibility. >> >> Cheers, >> Daniel >