From: Kevin Barnes <vinbarnes@...>
Date: 2007-09-24T23:04:55+09:00
Subject: best way to 'hide' a method when method_missing is in town

I am trying to hide a method in a subclass whose base class has
method_missing defined.

class Base
  def method_missing(method, *args)
    puts "#{method} caught in base"
  end
end

class Sub < Base
  def see_me
    puts 'hi'
  end

  def no_see
    puts 'hidden'
  end
  private :no_see
end

s = Sub.new
s.see_me
s.no_see

Of course, the method isn't really hidden/private anymore. I know one
way to solve this with method_missing in Sub and querying
private_methods.include? Is there a better way?

Cheers,
Kevin