From: Alin Popa <alin.popa@...>
Date: 2007-06-29T15:31:13+09:00
Subject: Calling private method in ruby

Hi there,

I have a little problem regarding private methods in Ruby.
I have the following case:

class MyClass
   private
   def my_method
      puts "something from my method"
   end
end

myClass = MyClass.new
begin
   myClass.my_method
rescue
   puts "Method cannot be called because is private"
end

myClass.send("my_method")

So, can anyone help me by explaining in a logical way, what is the point
of private methods in ruby since I can call it using "send" ?

Thanks in advance,

Alin

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