From: Csaba Henk <csaba@..._for_avoiding_spam.org>
Date: 2005-04-09T21:14:38+09:00
Subject: Re: method search rule in 2.0?

On 2005-04-09, David A. Black <dblack@wobblini.net> wrote:
>    class C
>      def process
>        # ...
>        C#util
>      end
>    end
>
> which is, I think, a more direct way of saying: protect this call from
> overriding in subclasses.  (Yes, everybody, I do know that this is
> comment syntax and would require a parser change :-)

As by the ruby of today, how you can do the above is:

    class C
      def process
        # ...
        C.instance_method(:util).bind(self).call
      end
    end

Now you will agree that it is not particularly convenient; but this is
how to do it... But. It's sooo long that you can't help remembering the
occasion if you use it.

And I don't remember doing it more that one or two times. That is, my
experience suggests that it's not a particularly frequent pattern. Which
means I agree with those who like the present state of the art.

Csaba