From: benjohn@...
Date: 2008-03-26T21:40:00+09:00
Subject: Re: private(true) || private :make_time, what does it do? why?

> On 26/03/2008, Pe�a, Botp <botp@delmonte-phil.com> wrote:
> m:lib arie$ rak "private\(" rake.rb
> 1091|private(*FileUtils.instance_methods(false))
> 1092|private(*RakeFileUtils.instance_methods(false))
>
> oh wait, sorry for the noise, I know the answer! so private also
> accepts an array of string values which are method names. Thanks for
> the clue :-)

Slightly more precisely (and very pedantically), private _isn't_ accepting
an array in this case. The * is there to expand an array (which it doesn't
want) in to seperate arguments (which it likes).

Cheers,
  B