From: Jacob Fugal <lukfugl@...>
Date: 2005-12-07T01:35:20+09:00
Subject: Re: getting around access control

On 12/6/05, ara.t.howard@noaa.gov <ara.t.howard@noaa.gov> wrote:
> >>    c.instance_eval{ p meth }
>
> i personally think instance_eval should be able to call both protected and
> private methods...
>
> it's just too hard to decide once and for all what should be private in an api
> - this gives uses a way out.
>
> take now for instance though - it seems i'm stuck since i cannot call the
> methods i need without altering the source of rails... ;-(

Well, one thing you can do for now is not worry about altering the
rails sources, but just reopen the class in a personal library to
unprotect the needed method. Right?

Jacob Fugal