From: Wes Gamble <weyus@...>
Date: 2006-04-29T02:43:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Intra-module method calls

So, in normal language, does that mean that "private" is not meaningful 
within the context of a module?

Thanks,
Wes


ts wrote:
>>>>>> "W" == Wes Gamble <weyus@att.net> writes:
> 
> W> module ESimplyUtil
> 
>  [...]
> 
> W>   private
> W>   def ESimplyUtil.add_default_path(url)
> 
>  Be carefull, ruby will not do what you think
> 
> moulon% cat b.rb
> #!/usr/bin/ruby
> module A
>    private
>    def self.a
>    end
> 
>    class << self
>       private
>       def b
>       end
>    end
> end
> 
> ["a", "b"].each do |m|
>    puts "#{m}() private ? #{A.private_methods.include?(m)}"
>    puts "#{m}() public ? #{A.public_methods.include?(m)}"
> end
> 
> moulon%
> 
> moulon% ./b.rb
> a() private ? false
> a() public ? true
> b() private ? true
> b() public ? false
> moulon%
> 
> 
> Guy Decoux


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