From: Daniel DeLorme <dan-ml@...42.com>
Date: 2007-06-29T16:50:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Calling private method in ruby

Alin Popa wrote:
> Thanks Stefano,
> 
> But my issue is not "what is a private method".
> I'm curios about "send" method, why there is a workaround to get to
> private methods from OUTSIDE when this shouldn't happen ?

You can also do obj.instance_eval{ privmethod() }

This is because ruby is a language that ALLOWS you to do things, not 
RESTRICT you from doing things. It's a matter of philosophy.

Daniel