From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2004-06-09T16:38:42+09:00
Subject: Re: question about private method


"wang" <wwayya2004@hotmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:dc1b9b9.0406081833.6228ed2e@posting.google.com...
> In ruby FAQ :
> The visibility keyword private makes a method callable only in a
> function form, and so it can only have self as a receiver.
> But,why i can't write like below?

I think, this way enforcing the privacy is made easier (for the
implementor of the runtime).

Different question: Why would you need to call it like this?

Regards

    robert

>
> class Test
>   def func
>     self.test   #use self
>   end
>
>   private
>   def test
>     p "test"
>   end
> end
>
> t=Test.new
> t.func   >>in `func': private method `test' called for
> #<Test:0x2ac7318>NoMethodError)