[ruby-talk:03055] Re: Problem with getc under UNIX with ruby 1.4.3

>     on 00/05/30, "David Douthitt" <[e-mail]> writes:
> |By the way (matz) - what happens if you leave the "private" 
> code line out?

Matz:
> It makes `orig_getc' only callable from io itself.

I was thinking it does the other way round.

   class IO
     alias orig_getc getc
     private :orig_getc

Having private makes orig_getc only callable from io itself. On the other
hand, leaving the "price code line out"

   class IO
     alias orig_getc getc
#     private :orig_getc

would cause following code to execute instead of giving an error:

  c = file.orig_getc

	- Aleksi