From: Malte Milatz <malte.milatz___@...>
Date: 2005-08-29T22:31:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Method behaves differently when called using #send

David A. Black wrote:
> irb(main):008:0> class C; def x; 1; end; private :x; end => C
> irb(main):009:0> class C; def method_missing(m); p m; end; end => nil
> irb(main):010:0> C.new.x
> :x
> should give a "private method 'x'" error.
> 
> Then again, that's actually a NoMethodError....  Maybe it should be a
> UnavailableMethodError or something.

In my opinion, an object shouldn't tell others about its internals unless
explicitly asked. So a NoMethodError is OK IMHO. Consequently, I agree
with the current behavior calling method_missing here.

Malte