From: PerfectDayToChaseTornados <noone@...>
Date: 2007-03-28T07:30:12+09:00
Subject: Re: temporarily change method access for test


"Kyle Schmitt" <kyleaschmitt@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:2b548b8b0703271337n7d1a5badsa8c4f221d4c9f3b2@mail.gmail.com...
> Private methods?
> Hum.  Never saw a use for them in my stuff.. anyway
>
> http://www.rubycentral.com/faq/rubyfaq-7.html and
> http://www.rubycentral.com/faq/rubyfaq-8.html
>
> will tell you.
>
> But something like this will work
>
> class J
>   def ack()
>      puts "be nimble"
>   end
>   def ill()
>      puts "went up the hill"
>   end
>   private :ack
> end
>
> j=J.new
>
> j.ill
> went up the hill
>
> j.ack
> NoMethodError: private method `ack' called for #<J:0x2cf19d8>
>
> class <<j
>    public :ack
> end
>
> j.ack
> be nimble

Thanks!! I figured out I can do it using send as well :-) I like my unit 
testing to be quite fine grained & so do like to test complex private 
methods :-)

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pdtct