From: Gavin Kistner <gavin.kistner@...>
Date: 2006-12-12T07:19:01+09:00
Subject: Re: best way to dynamically create new instance methods

From: James Edward Gray II [mailto:james@grayproductions.net] 
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 3:15 PM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: Re: best way to dynamically create new instance methods

>  >>   def create_method(name)
>  >>     class << self; self end.send(:define_method, name) { |*args|  
> args.first }
>  >>   end

Ooh, look at Mr. Fancy Pants, using his fancy #send to get around
private methods.

:)

Really, I'm writing this email not to praise or make fun, but to point
out that the above technique may not work when 1.9 rolls around.
(Assuming I remember correctly that 1.9 will/may change so that #send
honors the public/protected/private state of the method being invoked.)