From: Jeremy Kemper <jeremy@...>
Date: 2005-10-27T05:01:25+09:00
Subject: Re: how private is private in ruby?

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On Oct 26, 2005, at 12:32 PM, Peter Ertl wrote:
> Why is this allowed / possible?
>
> class MyUltraSecretKeystore
>   private
>   def key
>     return "nobody-should-read-this-ever"
>   end
> end
>
> ks = MyUltraSecretKeystore.new
>
> $ puts ks.send(:key)
>
>> "nobody-should-read-this-ever"
>>
>
> *yuk*
>
> so I can just use [public] for _everything_ as well, right?


In current Ruby 1.9 you may not send private methods.  I don't know
whether this is an experiment or a permanent restriction.

Regardless, you may ks.instance_eval { key } anyway, though in
this case at least you have $SAFE at your disposal.

jeremy
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