From: "J. Cooper" <nefigah@...>
Date: 2008-06-16T01:31:48+09:00
Subject: Re: why can't an instance instantiated within a class method


>> Thanks Robert - do you understand why Ruby allows the "send :x" method to
>> work here, but not the ".x" out of curiosity?  Does this make sense to
>> people it should do this?

The whole point of the private/protected method deal is to prevent what 
you are trying to do :) Ruby, having lots of metaprogramming 
capabilities, lets you get around this "if you really know what you are 
doing" -- as you can see, it's a bit more of a pain then just the 
standard way of calling a method. It's to help keep you honest.

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