From: "Ara.T.Howard" Date: 2005-12-06T16:04:39+09:00 Subject: getting around access control i know there is a way to do this - but how class C protected def meth 42 end end c = C::new c.instance_eval{ p meth } this throws an error, of course, but i'm too tired to remember how to work around it. -a -- =============================================================================== | ara [dot] t [dot] howard [at] noaa [dot] gov | all happiness comes from the desire for others to be happy. all misery | comes from the desire for oneself to be happy. | -- bodhicaryavatara ===============================================================================