From: Rob Sanheim <rsanheim@...>
Date: 2006-12-31T16:38:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Little Things

On 12/31/06, Devin Mullins <twifkak@comcast.net> wrote:
> Trans wrote:
> > Hmm... Are you perhpas indirectly suggesting:
> >
> >   send(:meth)  # private
> >   self.send(:meth)  # public
> >
> > ?
>
> Yikes, a method that behaves differently depending on how it's called?
> What about method(:send).call vs self.method(:send).call?
>
> Meprefers send_priv or something.
>
> Devin

What about:

obj.send(:foo) # will call only public
obj.send!(:foo) # will bypass private/protected, like the current send.

reads better then funcall to me, at least.
- Rob