From: Sebastian Hungerecker <sepp2k@...>
Date: 2008-09-14T17:11:47+09:00
Subject: Re: Is my method defined?

Fredrik wrote:
> irb> require 'foo.rb'
> irb> respond_to? 'requiredfoo'
> => false
>
> irb> def foo ; "I'm here!" ; end
> irb> respond_to? 'foo'
> => true

respond_to? returns false for private methods. If you define a method outside
of a class/module, it's a private instance method of Object by default, except
when you define it in irb in which case it will be public for whatever reason.

HTH,
Sebastian
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