From: Zeekar <markjreed@...>
Date: 2007-08-24T06:25:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Once more unto the breach: private class methods

On Aug 23, 5:11 pm, "Robert Dober" <robert.do...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Sure, but clumsy, I do not know if it is worth it
>
> class Foo
>   class << self
>     private
>     def x; 60 end
>   end
>   attr_reader :x
>   helper = method(:x)
>   define_method :initialize do @x = helper.call end
> end

Well, that is an interesting approach.  Thanks!  It might be in the
same category as using instance_eval or send, but at first blush it
feels somewhat cleaner to me...